ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE referees have brandished some baffling red cards this season - but this sending off in the Ukrainian top flight tops them all. 

Dnipro were 2-0 up in their Premier League match with Karpaty Lviv on Sunday when the astonishing incident took place.

Samuel Inkoom had already been booked when his manager, former Spurs boss Juande Ramos, called for the defender to be subbed in the 62nd minute.

 The Ghanaian international - who has been linked with a move to Liverpool - removed his shirt as he made his way off the pitch to be replaced. 

But much to the bemusement of Inkoom, referee Oleg Derevinsky ran over to the player to brandish a second yellow card and send the 22-year-old off.

And if poor Inkoom thought he may receive the support of his manager he was wrong, as Ramos backed the busy body ref for upholding the letter of the law.

Ramos said: "Samuel was already on a yellow card and we know if you take your shirt off on the filed you'll be shown a yellow card.

"It was an unforgivable mistake on the part of our player.

"A professional can't allow himself to make such mistakes."

Inkoom meanwhile bizarrely blamed the incident on the Ukrainian weather, saying he needed to remove his shirt because it was... freezing.

He said: "It's cold here. At the moment the temperature is about zero."

Source: The Sun