Mike Dean has admitted he failed to correct Anthony Taylor's mistake during the clash between Chelsea and Tottenham, because the pair are "mates".

During the ill-tempered clash between the Blues and Spurs last season, with the score at 2-1 in injury time, Cristian Romero pulled the hair of Marc Cucurella in the penalty area at a corner. No foul was given and Spurs won a second corner, from which Harry Kane scored a 96th-minute equaliser. Dean has now admitted that he did not want to cause Taylor "any grief" by sending him to the VAR screen because of their friendship, so opted against intervening.


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