Under fire: Referee Mike Dean
Clanger: Linesman Simon Beck fails to flag Drogba
offside
Flashpoint: Didier Drogba scores his controversial winner
at Old Trafford
Controversial referee Mike Dean has been grounded from
Barclays Premier League action this weekend.
The Cheshire official has come under fire for his last two
performances and has been demoted to Championship duty.
Sir Alex Ferguson was critical of Dean's failure to award
Manchester United a penalty in their 2-1 loss to
Chelsea, calling it a 'poor, poor
performance'.
And the week before, Dean awarded Blackburn a questionable spot-kick at Burnley. Dean will officiate Bristol City's game
against Swansea on Saturday.
The assistant referee who blundered over Didier Drogba's goal at
Old Trafford on Saturday has also been demoted.
Simon Beck, who failed to flag Drogba offside, sits out the next
set of Premier League fixtures and will join Dean running the line
at Bristol City.