'I've got a bite mark!' – Preston's Milutin Osmajic appears to bite Blackburn's Owen Beck but Liverpool loanee gets sent off

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Blackburn’s Championship clash against Preston North End saw tempers spill over after Owen Beck appeared to get bitten by his opponent.

The Blackburn Rovers’ Liverpool loanee was the one who was sent off, though – and Rovers’ social media admin made not secret of the away side’s thoughts on the decision.

To say tempers boiled over in the Lancashire derby on Sunday would be an understatement.

North End lost Sam Greenwood in the first half after being awarded a straight red for being deemed to go too heavily in on a tackle on Lewis Baker.

With the game locked at 0-0, Milutin Osmajic hit the deck after duelling with Todd Cantwell and Yuki Ohashi.

Preston’s stars all called for a foul, with the referee blowing his whistle, but the players didn’t stop battling for the ball.

And North End’s Duane Holmes soon landed on the turf, too, going down over Beck’s outstretched leg.

But what cameras didn’t pick up initially was Liverpool loanee Beck appearing to be bitten on the back of his neck by Osmajic.

Replays show the Preston player grabbing Beck under the armpits, and pressing his face into his neck.

The referee was then seen talking to Beck, with the 22-year-old pulling down his shirt and saying: “I’ve got a bite mark.”

He was then left completely dumbfounded when the referee produced a red card from his back pocket for him, instead of his opponent.

Osmajic was issued a yellow card after Beck had been given his marching orders.

Blackburn’s social media admin was left as baffled as their left-back.

“The ref, who’s completely lost control, sends off Beck,” the club’s official X account wrote.

“Osmajic receives a booking too.”

Fans on social media are stunned the officials missed Osmajic appearing to bite him.

“Please tell me how you can bite someone and get yellow carded,” one wrote. “Championship reffing is actually a shambles.”

A second added: “Preston’s Osmajic certainly going to find himself with a hefty retrospective ban for biting Owen Beck so blatantly there.”

Despite Preston having a 10 men for most of the game, they saw out the 0-0 stalemate, leaving them 21st in the Championship. Blackburn sit in fourth.