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. In December 2021, Brooks refereed his first Premier League match between Wolves and Burnley at Molineux. On 11 February 2023, Brooks wrongly ruled out a goal by Brighton & Hove Albion's

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against Crystal Palace. A technician tasked with drawing the lines failed to draw the line to the deepest Crystal Palace defender and mistakenly identified James Tomkins as the Crystal Palace player closest to his own goal when it was actually his team-mate

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. After the image was presented to Brooks, he misjudged the situation and unintentionally ruled out Brighton & Hove's goal. An emergency meeting was convened by

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after the incident. Following the meeting, John Brooks was subsequently dropped for matches for his next two matches: Monday’s Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton and

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. He has once again made a controversial call, giving

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a yellow card for kicking Jordan Henderson in the chest.

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