The customary of referees within the Premier League is ‘very bad’ in keeping with Brighton and Hove Albion supervisor Roberto de Zerbi who was proven a purple card after his aspect’s defeat on Saturday.
The Italian’s frustration boiled over on the remaining whistle following a 1-0 defeat by Fulham and he confronted referee Darren England within the tunnel.
Brighton, who dominated the match, had two targets disallowed for offside because it dropped under Fulham to seventh.
De Zerbi met Professional Game Match Officials Limited chief Howard Webb in midweek for a face-to-face assembly after his aspect had a purpose wrongly dominated out by VAR final weekend.
Explaining his altercation with England, he mentioned he wouldn’t trouble assembly Webb once more.
“Because I told the referee that this week we had a meeting with his boss (Howard Webb) and I lost time and lost time in my work and my job because I think the level of refereeing in the Premier League is very bad,” De Zerbi advised reporters on Saturday.
“To progress we have to be with a different attitude. The referee today wasn’t in good attitude. But it’s not a problem, I didn’t say any bad words but I told him my opinion.
“It was the last time I will have a meeting.”
The defeat was Brighton’s first in six league video games and dealt a blow to its hopes of qualifying for Europe.
“I’m not angry because we played a fantastic game. This is our way, we have to follow it,” he mentioned.
“I’m not frustrated but it’s my opinion about the referee. When I speak about referees I speak about in terms of attitude. He was not very clear in his attitude.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com