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Jalmaat received two yellow cards during the first half – one for a tackle from behind on Montero and the other for pulling him back as the Ecuadorian went past him with the same ease he did to Ivanovic at Chelsea last week. However, the defender was accused by Monk…

If anything you have to applaud the referee for the sending off of Daryl Janmaat in the first half. Many would have let his tug on Montero’s shirt go unpunished because he was already on a yellow card but the referee was – like Michael Oliver last week – absolutely…

Janmaat was a target for then Newcastle manager John Carver at the end of last season when he was accused of getting himself deliberately sent off as the Geordies battled against relegation. And it would be the same viewpoint today as he earned himself two yellow cards inside the first…