WATCH: Where's the ball? Mike Dean has some fun with hat-trick hero Sergio Aguero
Referee Mike Dean did his best to upstage hat-trick hero Sergio Aguero on Sunday, cheekily hiding the matchball up his shirt.
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You would do well to steal the limelight from Sergio Aguero on the day he scored a record-equalling Premier League hat-trick, but Mike Dean is no ordinary referee.
Cult-favourite Dean is as well renowned for his penchant for unnecessary flamboyance as he is for his card-dishing abilities, and Aguero was on the other end of his quirkiness on Sunday.
After playing a key role in Manchester City's 6-0 demolition of Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, Aguero went to collect the matchball as per the custom for any player who scores three goals in a game.
Article continues belowBut Dean, being Dean, opted to have a little fun, hiding the ball up the back of his shirt out of sight of Aguero, whose 11th hat-trick puts him level with Alan Shearer for the most in Premier League history.
6-0 #MCICHE#mancitypic.twitter.com/P94ScpvTcw— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 10, 2019
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