Not seen this mentioned on here yet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9143038.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9143508.stm
Looks like the ref is trying to make the lino the scapegoat in arranging the lie told to the assessor.