Jamie Redknapp has called on referee Mike Dean to be a 'big man' and apologise for Tomas Soucek's red-card in West Ham and Fulham's draw on Saturday.
The Czech midfielder tussled with Aleksandar Mitrovic, who was given a free-kick by Dean.
But Dean then consulted the pitch-side monitor and decided to give Soucek his marching orders.
"What is happening to our game?," Redknapp said. "We all love football, but when you see decisions like that… you can blame Mike Dean, VAR, whoever you want. What is he seeing there? He goes over to the screen and still decides to give him a red card.
"He's tried to get his arm out of the way. Mitrovic has tried to grab him, and he lifts his arm to get it out of the way, and completely by accident he catches him. What is football coming to when we give that as a red card? Even the players can't believe it.
"Mike Dean has had so many years officiating, and he thinks he's meant to do that? This is why people get so frustrated when people watch football now, when they see things like that. It goes away from what we love about the game.
"The fact that Mike Dean went over there and though it was a red card is a genuine worry for me. I would love to see Mike Dean come out and be the big man, say he's looked at it overnight and admit that he's made a huge mistake."
