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Mike Dean likes to make his presence felt during Barclays Premier League matches that he officiates, and today's 'clash' between Fulham and West Ham was no exception. In the last minute of extra time he was persuaded to check the VAR monitor to see if Tomas Soucek's alleged 'assault against Alexander Mitrovic could be substantiated, and astonishingly he thought there was a case for a straight red card for an elbow in to the Fulham striker's face.

Fulham: Areola, Tete, Andersen, Tosin, Robinson, Reed, Lemina, Loftus-Cheek, Decordova-Reid, Lookman, Cavaleiro. Subs: Rodak, Hector, Mitrovic, Ream, Bryan, Onomah, Maja, Anguissa, Aina.
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Lingard, Benrahma, Antonio. Subs: Martin, Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Noble, Fornals, Diop, Fredericks, Johnson.

Jesse Lingard's 'whirlwind' love affair with West Ham has sparked a plethora of comments regarding his future once his loan deal expires, true he did score a brace on his debut, quite an achievement for a player who had not started a Barclays Premier league game for over a year.