Oliver had no choice but to book Maddison for taking off his shirt

Michael Oliver had no choice but to caution James Maddison for removing his shirt.

There are occasions, such as this, when people will say a booking is unfair. The player, however, has accepted Michael’s position.

If Maddison merely lifted his shirt to show the message but kept it below his head, that would not be a caution.

Instead, the referee would have mentioned it in his match report for the FA to deal with. I am sure under these circumstances the FA would have warned the player and no sanction would have followed.