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Mike Dean Gives Passionate Red Card Verdict At Brentford V Liverpool

Liverpool must come from behind against Brentford, but are boosted with the hosts down to 10 men.

By Toby Bryant · Give Me Sport

Published: Saturday, 17 October 2026 at 3:12 PM

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Former referee Mike Dean strongly supported the decision to send off Yehor Yarmolyuk against Liverpool.
Referee John Brooks issued the red card following a VAR review after Yarmolyuk clashed with Jeremy Jacquet.
Dean compared the dismissal to Rodrigo Bentancur's recent red card against Manchester United.

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Former Premier League referee Mike Dean backed the decision to send off Brentford midfielder Yehor Yarmolyuk against Liverpool on Saturday. Speaking on Sky Sports, Dean called Yarmolyuk's off-the-ball headbutt on Liverpool centre-back Jeremy Jacquet a carbon copy of Rodrigo Bentancur's recent dismissal, arguing referee John Brooks made the correct call following a VAR review.

The red card occurred after Keane Lewis-Potter gave Keith Andrews' Brentford side a 1-0 lead just before halftime at the Gtech Community Stadium. The sending off was the first of the 22-year-old's career, and he is now set to serve a three-match suspension for violent conduct.

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