Referee Michael Oliver has been named as the man to take charge of the clash between Manchester City and Everton at The Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.The 31 year-old from Ashington has been assigned the 3pm Premier League kick-off as The Toffees look to inflict a second successive league defeat on their hosts.

Happily for Ronald Koeman’s men, Everton have lost just once in eight games with the same official in charge.

Their only defeat came back in February of this year, when West Bromwich Albion triumphed 1-0 at Goodison Park last term.

In 2010, Oliver became the youngest-ever Premier League referee when he officiated the Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers clash aged just 25 years-old.

Since then, Michael Oliver has become renowned as one of the English top-flight’s most capable referees and is seen as an individual who tries to let the course of games flow.

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