Mike Riley has been dropped from the Premier League list of referees this weekend after his controversial performance in the Blackburn-Fulham game last week.
Fulham were furious that Zura Khizanishvili was not red-carded for a last-man foul in the opening minutes of the Ewood Park game.
Then Morten Gamst Pedersen appeared to foul defender Paul Stalteri before heading home Rovers’ goal in the 1-1 draw. “He caught me full in the neck and face with a forearm elbow,” said the on-loan Canadian.
The FIFA official, 43, is no stranger to controversy after being criticised for his officiating in the Pizzagate game between Manchester United and Arsenal in 2004.
