“It was horrible. I hate watching football matches that I'm not involved in, it makes it nervewracking. I don't like it because I know I can't influence it.”

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was forced to miss Everton’s dramatic comeback win over Crystal Palace after collecting five yellow cards in the first six Premier League games of the season. Some might suggest that record is a sign of ill-discipline.

But for those who saw the incidents unfold, confusion still reigns. “Mind boggling”, the 27-year-old described the final two calls on social media. They saw him booked for taking a quick free-kick at Liverpool and for a fair tackle on Kyle Walker-Peters of West Ham United.

The result was that the Blues missed a...