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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Orme

Brighton boss risks ban with red-card rant: "Refereeing in the Premier League is very bad"

Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi walked a disciplinary tightrope with a furious rant in the direction of Howard Webb after being sent off on Saturday.

The Italian was given a red card after the full-time whistle after berating the match officials in what was a tricky afternoon for his side. The Seagulls fell to a slender 1-0 defeat as Manor Solomon netted an 88th-minute winner for Fulham at the AMEX Stadium.

It is unclear what specifically earned the former Shakhtar Donetsk schemer his marching orders but he explained that complaints over a meeting of match officials shouldered some of the blame. The PGMOL came together in the week following a number of controversial decisions - one of which being Pervis Estupinan’s ruled-out strike for Brighton against Crystal Palace.

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