I cannot understand what Bobby Madley was doing sending off Kyle Walker.

Firstly, if he thought it was an elbow - and he must have done - why did he not show a straight red card? It’s a mystery to me.

Instead he showed a second yellow, making a total mess of it. It means City cannot appeal (they could have appealed a straight red).

Kyle Walker was sent off during the first half of Manchester City against Everton

Walker got his marching orders for a second bookable offence following this coming together

It was a foul, nothing more. No need for a card. He got it wrong.

Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin did not cover himself in glory with his reaction, mind.

Madley made the right call when Calvert-Lewin caught Nicolas Otamendi with a loose arm in another aerial duel.

Otamendi reacted as if he had been elbowed when it was a clip. When will these players realise how foolish they look by simulating injury?

Walker was shown a second yellow card, meaning his home debut for City was one to forget

Morgan Schneiderlin’s second yellow was correct but on the soft side.

When you’ve sent one off (perhaps knowing it was harsh or wrong) your tolerance level drops and you inadvertantly lower the bar. It’s why fans complain refs try to ‘level things up’.

The bottom line is that this ref is not good enough and this game was too big for him.