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Credit: Manh Tung – Breaking Media<\/p>\n
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Wed 22 October 2025 10:00, UK <\/p>\n
Ruben Amorim might have counted himself lucky to finish with 11 Man United players on the pitch against Liverpool.<\/p>\n
That is according to former PGMOL chief and ex-FIFA referee, Keith Hackett<\/a>, who exclusively told Football Insider that had Michael Oliver<\/a> not been in charge, a red card might have been issued at Anfield.<\/p>\n Dominik Szoboszlai and Patrick Dorgu both avoided cautions<\/a> as the two clashed towards the end of proceedings on Sunday, 19 October, which was concluded by a surprise winner.<\/p>\n Harry Maguire rose highest to head home in the 84th minute<\/a>, sealing an unexpected win away from Old Trafford, started off by the most controversial moments as Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> scored after just two minutes.<\/p>\n Casemiro could have been handed his marching orders at Anfield<\/p>\n To add to the drama, Hackett now believes that, on a different day, Casemiro<\/a> could have been sent off for his challenge on Mohamed Salah<\/a>. It was probably a good thing that he pulled up injured straight after.<\/p>\n It has only been a little over a month since Casemiro was red-carded against Chelsea<\/a>, which threw away the Red Devils\u2019 advantage after Robert Sanchez<\/a> was sent off for the Blues.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n While they managed to secure all three points that day, the same might not have been said had he been sent for an early bath at Anfield, with the Reds pressing all game for an equaliser, and then a winner.<\/p>\n Hackett has now warned referees, and Casemiro\u2019s manager, to keep an eye on the Brazilian veteran, who appears to have a \u201cstreak\u201d in him that comes alive in reckless challenges.<\/p>\n Premier League referees told to watch out for Man United midfielder<\/p>\n Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former referee said: \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0got a bit of a streak in him that, as a referee,\u00a0you\u2019d\u00a0keep an eye on him when\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0challenging for the ball. You learn who needs watching and who\u00a0doesn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0want to curb any player\u2019s enthusiasm, but there is no doubt that, when he challenged, as his manager,\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0say \u2018right,\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0coming off\u2019.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a borderline one. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0got a game like that,\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0not going to give a cheap booking. It was absolutely a yellow, nailed on. In another game, it might have been more.\u00a0What really worries me is that when a yellow card is show, there is no interaction between referee and player.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d have stopped the game, given the yellow card, might have even pulled the captain across and said it was borderline, but now he\u2019s on a tightrope. I just want more reinforcement.\u201d <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Manh Tung – Breaking Media Wed 22 October 2025 10:00, UK Ruben Amorim might have counted himself…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[21086,218,40661,708,349,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-217819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-casemiro","tag-football","tag-keith-hackett","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-united","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Casemiro](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Casemiro-1-1024x576.jpg\")
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