Former referee Howard Webb has said he can understand Mike Dean's decision to show Sofiane Feghouli a straight red card in West Ham's 2-0 defeat at home to Manchester United on Monday.
Dean faced heavy criticism after dismissing Feghouli in the 15th minute for his challenge on Phil Jones, with West Ham boss Slaven Bilic arguing that his player should not even have been booked and that the United defender's challenge was "the more dangerous one."
Sky Sports' pundits were heavily critical of Dean after the game, with Niall Quinn saying the referee got the decision "disgracefully wrong" and Alan Smith adding: "You don't like to say it -- I wouldn't want to believe that of any referee -- but it's almost like he wants to be the centre of attention.