The Football Association have revealed that Carlos Tevez should have been sent off for his part in Joey Barton's final-day dismissal.
Barton was red carded for an elbow on the Argentine during Queens Park Rangers' match with Manchester City, as the Citizens snatched the Premier League title with a dramatic 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium.
The Hoops midfielder followed that offence up by kneeing Sergio Aguero and attempting to headbutt Vincent Kompany as he left the field.
He has subsequently been handed a 12-match ban by the FA, who confirmed that Tevez would also have been disciplined had the officials seen his earlier tangle with Barton.
A report, printed in The Times, read: "Mr Dean was questioned [by the commission] about the 'Tevez incident' for which Barton was dismissed.
"It was confirmed that neither the referee nor the assistant saw the alleged incident of Mr Tevez striking Mr Barton, although Mr Barton immediately made representations to Mr Dean. That is what happened and such comments by Mr Barton can be clearly seen in the video.
"The commission accept that Mr Barton was aggrieved by the action of Mr Tevez and Mr Dean confirmed that had the incident been seen by the officials as shown by the clip supplied by Mr Barton, it would have been an automatic red card."
Despite Barton's dismissal, QPR avoided relegation due to Bolton Wanderers failing to beat Stoke City.
