Just read this on the BBC website! No matter how useless an official is, this can never be the correct action!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15322635.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15322635.stm


Thing is, refs make mistakes, but that is exactly the point. MISTAKES. I don't for a minute believe any ref would award incorrect decisions on purpose.
I wonder how many mistakes Josh McKenzie had made during that game. How many wrong decisions he had made with passes or how many tackles had not won the ball. I suppose he would have been fine with a team mate punching him for his errors? Thought not.