Referee Mike Jones pays price for Newcastle v Manchester City errors
Mike Jones feels the wrath of Newcastle United’s players after disallowing Cheik Tioté’s strike against Manchester City. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images
Mike Jones will not referee in the Premier League this weekend. The Chester official took charge of Sunday’s controversial game between Newcastle United and Manchester City, with a number of his decisions coming under newcastle’s Cheik Tioté had a goal ruled out on a contentious offside call, while many felt the home side’s Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa should have been sent off for a crude challenge on City’s Samir Nasri, which has left the French midfielder with damaged knee ligaments and a two-month spell on the there were other flashpoints during the game too, and in the latest list of referee appointments issued by the Premier League, Jones is only named as the fourth official at Saturday’s game between Sunderland and Southampton.
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