We can all sit here and blame the 'defeat' on clichy or on countless missed chances but the real reason for today's result was Mike Dean, the refferee. He had a consistantly poor game like he has been consistantly poor all season. Adebayor's shirt was clearly pulled in the birmingham city penalty area but Mr Dean turned a blind eye. For Birmingham's opening goal he gave a foul in their favour for what seemed like a genuine 50-50 tussle between Flamini and the oppostion player.
However Mike Dean's Defining moment was when he awarded a penalty to Birmingham City in the last few minutes of the game. I have seen Gael Clichy's tackle on Parnaby on countless occasions and Clichy clearly wins the ball and makes no contact whatsoever. What baffles me beyond belief is the position which he is standing in and he cant be certain from where he is standing. Mike Dean has proven time to time that he has not got the capability of officiating at this level so its about time the football assosiation got rid of him.
Thank you very much Mike Dean for the defeat today because from where im standing it certainly feels like one.