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You are the Ref No 374: Cristiano Ronaldo

Featuring: a ferocious blast, rude shirts, and a self-inflicted injury

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref - FA Cup special: No373, Louis van Gaal and Alan Pardew

Featuring: a helpful captain, a penalty protest, and a flag flying out of its hole

Published: 5:00 AM

You are the Ref No372: Kasper Schmeichel

Featuring: a cult hero in his pants, wet weather, and a suspicious handprint

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No371: Riyad Mahrez

Featuring: An over-eager gaffer, a whippersnapper, and a pre-match dust-up

Published: 5:35 AM

You are the Ref No370: Alexis Sánchez

Featuring: A defender jumping, a flying lino, and a ball trickling into the net

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No369: Kevin De Bruyne

Featuring: Abusive chants, an awkward lino, and a spare ball in the box

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No368: Aitor Karanka

Featuring: a knock to the head, a shoot-out, and a keeper pumping the air

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No367: Jamie Vardy

Featuring: a whistle fumble, a surprised captain, and a mystery shinpad

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No366: N'Golo Kanté

Featuring: solidarity, a sluggish substitute and a notoriously tight chairman

Published: 5:30 AM

You are the Ref No365: Rafael Benítez

Featuring: A suspect hamstring, TV evidence, and an advantage gone wrong

Published: 5:30 AM

You are the Ref No364: Dimitri Payet

Featuring: An underwater corner, a gaffe, and two post-match tantrums

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No363: Sergio Agüero

Featuring: a shocked defender; a double shirt; and a low-down shoot-out ruse

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No362: Willian

Featuring: time-wasting; stormy weather; plus what to do when a player shows you a red card

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No361: Fraser Forster

Featuring: An inside out shirt swap, a novelty boot and a throw in high wind

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No360: Pep Guardiola

Featuring: A sneaky swap; a nightmare debut; and a keeper’s heavy collision

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No359: Petr Cech

Featuring: a greedy goalhanger, a do-gooder, and a player losing his bottle

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No358: Eddie Howe

Featuring: an instinctive swipe; a confusing chant; and a manager’s webcam scandal

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No357: Dele Alli

Featuring: a tantrum; some freeze spray to the face; and a flying man-bun

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No356: Zinedine Zidane

Featuring: manager versus physio; a painful scramble; and a shirtless fraudster

Published: 4:30 AM

You are the Ref No355: Guus Hiddink

Featuring: A happy slap; a fourth official’s gaffe; and a badly skewed backpass

Published: 4:30 AM

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