Mark Clattenburg has acknowledged he made two major mistakes that cost Everton in the ferocious 2007 Merseyside derby that he believes was one of the worst performances of his long career. The former referee’s name has long been anathema to Blues.

Liverpool won 2-1 at Goodison Park in an ill-tempered affair that saw the visitors awarded two penalties and both Tony Hibbert and Phil Neville sent off for the hosts.

Clattenburg is content with those calls but has now acknowledged he was wrong on two major points of contention - his failure to show Dirk Kuyt a red card for his lunge on Neville AND to not award Everton a penalty in the final seconds when Jamie Carragher hauled down Joleon Lescott. He said those decisions have since haunted him.

Speaking on the...