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'You shouldn't be refereeing' - Warnock blasts official for missing 'blatant penalty'

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has suggested Simon Hooper should not be refereeing Premier League games after his side's 5-1 thumping by Watford on Friday.

The Bluebirds were put to the sword by a superb Gerard Deulofeu hat-trick and a Troy Deeney double, but Warnock was furious with Hooper's decision not to award a penalty when Watford were 1-0 up.

Josh Murphy appeared to be bundled to the ground just inside the penalty area by Daryl Janmaat shortly before half-time, but Hooper was unmoved.

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Watford took full advantage of that reprieve, brutally punishing some wayward home defending in the second half to leave Cardiff one point above the relegation zone.