Anyone at Goodison park on Saturday could see James Beattie headbutt William Gallas.
Everyone except Everton boss David Moyes.
Now, I can understand the Scot wanting to deflect attention away from an abject performance against the mighty Blues, but his defence of Beattie boarded on the surreal.
You have all seen or read his account, so I won't bore you with it, but every hack in the press room after the game was waiting to hear his condemnation of his £6m striker.
To their dismay Moyes trotted out a lamentable attack on Gallas.
Moyes should be called to book for that character assasination on the Frenchman.
Still after realising that he would not win an appeal for the sending-off, Moyes has been forced to accept what we all saw.
Beattie will get his punishment from the club after all and a ban from the Premier League.
Moyes has done well with his limited resources but his attempted misdirection of attention from his side's shortcomings has meant he has lost his integrity in the eyes on many people, not least his own supporters.