Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer agree on Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall controversial yellow card

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Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have both agreed that Everton midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall shouldn't have been booked for taking a taking a free-kick too quickly during Saturday's Merseyside derby against Liverpool.

Referee Darren England handed Dewsbury-Hall, 27, a yellow card in the 78th minute after attempting to get on with the game and take a quick free-kick.

With the Toffees 2-1 behind, Dewsbury-Hall didn't want to waste no time and fed the ball into Jack Grealish's path, but England instead blew his whistle and booked the ex-Leicester man.

David Moyes cut a frustrated figure on the touchline, while Dewsbury-Hall and James Garner protested the decision.

Meanwhile, Jack Grealish slammed the referee in his post-match interview and claimed he has never seen a player get booked in his whole life for taking a quick free-kick, hinting that he was influenced by the Anfield crowd.

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"I've never seen a player in my whole life get booked for taking a quick free-kick," Grealish told TNT Sports.

They got a yellow card for taking a quick free-kick.

"Now, it should be encouraged – this is one of my pet things, what we need in the game is for free-kicks to be taken a damn sight quicker because at the moment it takes like a minute.

"Everyone gets organised, the referee has to wait, he tells them to wait, this and that, everyone gets back.

So someone gets fouled like they did yesterday, they take a quick free-kick and then they're penalised, double penalised."

Shearer then branded the decision as "madness" as he fumed at Dewsbury-Hall's yellow card.

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"Unless you're taking it from a ridiculous spot, like 20 or 30 yards nearer to the goal or something like that," Shearer said.

Your the team that had the foul given for you, yet you're getting booked for taking a quick free-kick on the spot.