Though Mbeumo's goal was harsh not to stand, Brentford were somewhat repaid with a controversial equaliser to extend their unbeaten run at the Emirates Stadium. We saw Michael Oliver stick to his decision when he went over to the monitor [to review a penalty incident in Bournemouths win over Nottingham Forest]. Although every referee has his good days and bad days at the office, the award for the most inconsistent referee goes to the one and only, Mike Dean. Its Lee Mason and the VAR who somehow bizarrely tell him, youve made a howler. Manchester United v Arsenal: Premier League live! pic.twitter.com/YbTb8fRgoQ Has the Referee or VAR made a poor decision? These aren't dishonest mistakes of course, but they fall way below the standard that should be set in a professional industry. Because Mendy literally dived at his feet, what is he supposed to do? 4. . This game also fell in GW6, and here is another controversial referee decision; which only goes to show that we as fans and lovers of the game, experience poor officiating from these officials both games and weeks in week out. 3 Bad Referee And 'VAR' Decisions In The Premier League During Saturday's Fixtures. on such offense. Premier League referees Mike Dean and Lee Mason have been branded 'a pair of idiots' by Simon Jordan after another controversial weekend for officials in the English top-flight. Why doesnt he [Madley] stick to his decision? Our 32-page special magazine looking ahead to the start of the Premier League season . The inexplicable offside decision which robbed Jan Vertonghen and Spurs of a goal against Sunderland. Premier League referees see potential 50k bonus slashed when they make mistakes. The Gunners may feel hard done by but they are still in pole position to claim their first Premier League title since the 03/04 campaign. But despite staring straight at Derby's Jake Buxton grabbing hold of Forest's Michail Antonio and hauling him to the floor, Madley decided not to award a penalty. pic.twitter.com/4D6illTr2S. So why are so many officials failing to do their jobs properly? So ultimately, every bad decision from an official takes future earnings out of their pocket. Professional Game Match Officials Board, the referees body, has in effect admitted the respective VAR decisions to disallow goals at Chelsea and Newcastle on Saturday were wrong and promised to fully co-operate with a Premier League review of the incidents. But the co-owner, who was seen joining the celebrations following Sunday's 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Newcastle, appeared . VAR is not the problem, its the people running it. @AlanShearer has made his thoughts on Newcastles disallowed goal very clear #MOTD pic.twitter.com/u6ZzdhM3IO. Controversy is a two-way street. It is as bad as decision as you will ever see or at least for another half-hour [referring to the controversy around Newcastles draw with Crystal Palace]. Harvey Barnes netted the Foxes' fourth on two occasions, but the first was chalked off after a VAR review deemed him offside. Sabitzer got away with a high challenge on Leicester City defender Wout Faes without as much as a caution during the Red Devils' 3-0 win . Wigan'sJames McClean (pictured) charged towards Blackburn's Marcus Olsson but went unpunished. Vincent Kompany reacts after Mike Dean blows his whistle to award a penalty to Arsenal at the Etihad, Kompany was not happy with the decision by referee Dean at the Etihad as it gave Arsenal a vital lead. HALF TIME: Bournemouth 0-3 Manchester City. With the return of football in the Premier League looming, so will the decisions that have divided fans from referees. Summary. However, like the Barnes incident, VAR identified the wrong Palace player as the last man, wrongly calling it offside. Four worst Premier League decisions this season as Everton receive referee apology MANCHESTER CITY's near-miss against Everton brought the standard of refereeing back into focus. Another soft foul on Aaron Ramsdale against Villa, where we conceded a goal, and it was given as a goal, so for me its just the lack of consistency, as there is nothing we can do now; its too late, Just be consistent. Garth Crooks has called for Premier League referee Stuart Attwell to be sacked after he failed to send off Manchester United's Marcel Sabitzer for "the worst tackle I have seen in years". Almost seven in 10 fans think its made Premier League football less enjoyable to watch. In the 0-0 draw against Newcastle United at the Emirates, Arsenal were denied what looked like a clear penalty after defender Gabriels shirt was pulled by Magpies centre-back Dan Burn. It isnt that VAR failed to solve the problem that previously existed, more that the problem had no solution in the first place. In the massive title clash at Anfield, City thought they should have had a penalty when Alexander-Arnold handled the ball in the penalty area. PGMOL took the rare step of acknowledging the specific controversies in a statement on Sunday, and accepted the Premier Leagues request for an additional investigation. And I dont think anyone who has played the game will agree with the VAR Jared Gillett and the referee Andy Madley. Over the course of 2019/20, over 2,400 incidents were checked and 109 decisions were overturned by the VAR, an average of an overturned decision every 3.5 matches. Still, this is a small sample size, and the big spike in Webb penalties . Every Respect campaign aims to reduce the verbal abuse directed towards referees at professional level and every one fails because players are routinely allowed to scream obscenities in the faces of those who officiate them without realistic fear of punishment. He studied sports journalism at university and, in 2011, started writing for GiveMeSport alongside his studies. The comments below have not been moderated. In the most high profile incident, West Ham were robbed of a late equaliser against Chelsea after VAR deemed that Edouard Mendy had been fouled in the build-up to Maxwel Cornets goal, though replays suggested that was far from the case. All VARs introduction has done is get marginal offsides decisions right (which personally I had no problem with before, but understand some did) and added another natural habitat for controversy to grow. I literally dont know the rules of football anymore., This is literally traveling in basketball.. What Happens When a Referee Makes a Bad Call? (Premier League 2019b), including situations that went completely unnoticed by the referee. The first armpit offside of the season as Firminos goal was disallowed vs Aston Villa. Mike Jones awarded handball against Leicester's Wes Morgan earlier this season at Anfield when the ball clearly hit the defender's face, so the official has found himself demoted to the Championship where the nightmare continues (in fairness, he was faultless when reffing the FA Cup tie between Blyth Spartans and Birmingham earlier this month). In an important match for the Cherries, the defining moment in this 1-1 draw was a controversial decision by referee Jonathan Moss. He was not very clear in his attitude.". And Halsey has told The Sun how he has pooled the referees from best to worst. On the back of the survey, Sky Sports have compiled the top 10 most controversial VAR decisions. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Get rid of those stupid lines. 3 September 2022 Premier League 2366 David Moyes says VAR decision was 'scandalous' It was a day of managers disagreeing over the correct use of the video assistant referee as several. Every study into refereeing standards - independent and internal - concludes that they are improving, while the improved fitness and professionalism of officials is without question. VAR official Lee Mason failed to spot an offside in the build-up to . With Gabriel on the end of a clumsy-looking tackle by Neal Maupay. That is what gives journalists the mandate to imply favouritism for any opponent or a certain type of opponent. However the stir online inferenced an opinion that the Dutch man should have seen a red card. Opt in, bet up to 40 (min. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. The top-flight of English football is set to implement VAR starting from next season, amid a flurry of mistakes made by officials and referees already. Reactions from fans were captured on twitter, They are as follows: One person said:Mings has picked Saka from the ground, there you have got to give a penalty for that.. Van Dijk planted his right foot high on Onanas shin, but he escaped a red card with match referee Anthony Taylor showing the Liverpool defender just a yellow card. With the use of the video assistant referee (VAR), we expect that such offence is revisited and properly overseen, but it is not unclear that it is not being done. In what was the 60th minute of a frantic affair at St Marys stadium (only in GW4), there was a handball shout by the Southampton players against Uniteds Mctominay. Referee Anthony. In one of the most bizarre refereeing decisions so far this season, Ashley Young cleared Jonjo Shelvey's cross inside the penalty box with his forearm, directing it out of play. The linesman remembered one important rule about needing two opponents between the 'attacker' and the goal, but he forgot the even more basic law that you can't be offside in your own half. pic.twitter.com/YbTb8fRgoQ. With a player or coach being suspended for offences on and off the pitch, referees should not be exempted from such discipline. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Absolutely rotten decision from one of our supposedly elite referees David Moyes says that it was a scandalous decision to rule out his sides late equaliser against Chelsea. Football account providing coverage of all controversial decisions that are made by the officials. Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson, is one of a thousand managers that have complained of such poor act from officials in football. Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea. It was a frenetic derby at the London stadium where West Ham United hosted Chelsea. Brighton, who dominated the match, had two goals disallowed for offside as they dropped below Fulham to seventh. De Zerbi met Professional Game Match Officials Limited chief Howard Webb in midweek for a face-to-face meeting after his side had a goal wrongly ruled out by VAR last weekend. It was checked, but the VAR didnt deem it as a clear an obvious error by the referee and so the goal stood. When not working, Rob can be found on the M6 travelling up to watch his (not so local) side Liverpool or out on his bike for hours on end probably listening to endless football podcasts. If anything, its a penalty if its not a goal, so I was very surprised with the outcome.. Here are three of those decisions which should have been corrected by the video assistant referee but werent corrected during the Saturday fixtures of the premier league. My theory is this: goal-line technology has come in and been a success (expensive of course and it isn't used anywhere near as often as its advocates led us to believe it would be, but it's been a positive). All rights reserved. The league, has been greatly accorded on several occasions to its fascination, buzz and ecstasy; however only on a few occasions has it been accorded to its officiating. The goal should have stood, but poor officiating has caused the Hammers a point in a well-played game on Saturday afternoon. But of you should watch carefully, that is not a foul from Jarrod Bowen. Joined Jun 15, 2013 Messages 18,255 Seconds penalty, Fabinho put Liverpool 1-0 ahead. 1. It's a clear red card, so why didn't Jones give it? Brighton were 2-1 down at the time and went on to win 3-2. pic.twitter.com/wVt0iw0alv, Its a beyond terrible, disgraceful decision.. However, it seemed to discount Ben Davies behind Dier, who was further ahead and playing Barnes onside. (@PoorEPLreferees) August 14, 2022, Yes, how wasn't this given as a foul on Kai Havertz? Their assistants have been dreadful. I didnt think it should have been disallowed, personally, I thought it was a foul or a push on Joe Willock in the build-up to the ball coming in, said Howe. The decision has been confirmed as a human error and a potentially costly one at that. But away from the pitch, Express Sport looks at the four controversial calls for which those at Stockley Park are receiving criticism en masse. David Moyes subbed on Maxwell Cornet only a few minutes before Chelsea scored their second goal, and just 2 minutes after(91) Maxwell Cornet equalized for The Hammers; which saw another moment of controversy. Required fields are marked *. Ghana Premier League: . However, this has not always been the case in the premier league. Should Arsenal have been awarded a penalty ? Although every referee has his good days and bad days at the office, the award for the most inconsistent referee goes to the one and only, Mike Dean. Jose Fonte went unpunished for this clear handball despite referee Bobby Madley having a clear view, Newcastle's Emmanuel Riviere protested to referee Madley, who waved his appeals away immediately, Despite Riviere's impassioned appeals to the official, Newcastle were not awarded the penalty at St James'. After the draw against Brentford, Arsenal stretched their lead at the summit to six points ahead of Manchester Citys match against Aston Villa. If you've seen the incident you'll know how bad it is. Screen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. Chelsea thought they were denied a stonewall penalty in the dying embers of their 1-1 draw at West Ham United. Victor Estupinan thought he had opened the scoring in the first half, but his goal was overruled for a supposed offside. A lorry driver doesn't look properly as he approaches a roundabout it's potentially fatal. 20) on selected events at odds of 2.00+, in 7 days. Lee Mason won't referee in Premier League after quitting PGMOL by Tamojit Chakraborty February 18, 2023 EST After leaving the referees' body PGMOL by mutual consent, Lee Mason will no longer be officiating games in the Premier League. Stay on current site or go to US version. Premier League Referees. But without that push, theres no way that Joe would have gone in with that force, so for me its not a foul. In fact, the introduction of VAR has led to even more frustration from fans, players, managers and pundits. "I'm not frustrated but it's my opinion about the referee. They should be told to stay out of it the VAR officials. And that's before the brunt of criticism from the stands has abated. Absolutely stonewall. The individual went ahead to say Mings had his hands wrapped around Sakas body, and he has conned the referee by holding his other arm up as if to say Im not touching him He is clearly holding him, and thats a penalty. Adobe Acrobat Format (print and manually fill-in) . Mateo Kovacic makes Romelu Lukaku dig after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Chelsea admission, Aubameyang Set To Join List Of Chelsea Players Who Have Worn Masks To Play, Your email address will not be published. It was a frenetic derby at the London stadium where West Ham United hosted Chelsea. All we want to see is the game we love being refereed properly, in the best and least unjust manner, where we feel ultimately justified win or lose, knowing fully well that every game is really and truly officiated in the best possible manner. The standard of refereeing in the Premier League borders on abysmal at this stage and seems to get worse by the season. That problem comes from the top-down. [Jarrod] Bowen just steps over him, he doesnt interfere with the play. So far this season, weve seen goals disallowed because of an offside armpit, goals disallowed for handball in the build-up and penalties not given for blatant fouls. What was he watching? Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. We all know ordinarily sensible people who genuinely believe or could stretch to the belief that there is inherent bias in refereeing decisions and/or a masterplan to penalise their club. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Chelsea star set to sign new three-year contract, Paul Merson convinced Graham Potter didn't even want to sign new Chelsea star, Chelsea board make Graham Potter decision ahead of Leeds and Dortmund matches. Premier League - first team, Reserves and academy/youth teams. 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