Premier League’s best and worst treated stars by referees revealed… with Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka high-up on the naughty list, while Stoke hero Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is a real teacher’s pet
SADIO MANE'S controversial red card has been setting tongues wagging all weekend long and well into this week.
The Liverpool star caught Manchester City No1 Ederson in the face with his boot going for a 50-50 ball.
However, the footballing world has been split down the middle, with some claiming it was the simplest red card decision of all time, while others say it was incredibly harsh.
Even the likes of Rio Ferdinand and the Neville brothers have had their say on the incident.
With that in mind, we take a look at which referees are the harshest - and the most lenient - in the Premier League, thanks to some help from bwin.
On top of that, we check out which stars are a bit of a teacher's pet... and who's stuck in the naughty corner.
For starters, Roger East is the Prem's most lenient official - handing out a card every 7.53 fouls.
At the other end of the spectrum, Andre Marriner is hardly so calm and collecting - brandishing a yellow or a red every 5.27 fouls.
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Yet Marriner isn't the most-card happy ref in Europe... that honour goes to Spain's Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva, who shows a card ever 4.28 fouls.
A real ref's favourite Stoke's hero from the 2-2 draw vs Manchester United on Saturday, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is as squeaky clean as it comes.
The Cameroonian has been shown a card every 51.5 fouls committed - ahead of Bournemouth's Joshua King on 46 fouls per booking.
Yet King's team-mate Harry Arter has hardly such luck, getting booked or sent-off every 2.8 fouls - worse than Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi's 3.3 record.
That's shocking booking-rate is level with fellow bad-boys Jonjo Shelvey and Nicolas Otamendi.
In terms of sendings-off, no player has a worse record than Watford's Miguel Britos - having seen red every 21.5 fouls.
That record is worse than Kevin Mirallas (27.5), Shelvey (28) and Granit Xhaka (30).