Stephen Warnock has revealed how he got his own back on an Arsenal fan who was giving him stick during the win over Manchester City.
The ex-Liverpool and Aston Villa defender is a popular pundit and a regular feature on Sky Sports' Ref Watch series in which Sue Smith and former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher assess the weekend's most controversial decisions.
Unfortunately for Warnock, that leads to a certain amount of scrutiny with the topic of officiating and more specifically, VAR, a hugely divisive topic among football fans.
Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Man City was no different, with Mateo Kovacic escaping a red card for a crunching challenge on Martin Odegaard, instead being given a yellow.
But with Warnock in attendance at the match, the pundit says that one fan was quick to take out his frustrations on him.
Speaking on talkSPORT Drive on Monday, Warnock said: “Everyone thought that when VAR came in we’d having nothing to talk about but it keeps me in the job, it’s great!
“It was funny yesterday when the Arsenal game was on, I was at the game and was sat behind a group of fans in the radio area and this guy turned around to me when Kovacic went in for the second one.
“He went ‘oi, Warnock’ and I was looking at him and he goes, ‘Ref Watch, tomorrow!’
“He’s having a pop at me but he’s having a real go at me and I’m like, ‘I’m not refereeing, just relax’ but when we went down he was laughing his head off at half time.
“When they scored, he came over to me and was celebrating in front of me and I just said, ‘it’s offside’ and he was absolutely devastated. But he looked up and I went ‘I’m only joking mate’ and he was fuming, he wasn’t happy at all.”
“A lot of people love the show and Dermot [Gallagher] comes in for a lot
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