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The Untold ref review: Tiny Tots – Arsenal
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By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref
So we had ref Atkinson for this game and I think the final score will have pleased him. But does his own score pleases him? Or you? Just take a look.
| Min | Type | Text | C/NC | pts | weight | on |
| 2 | OTHER | Foul on Cesc given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | GOAL | Cesc to Walcott who is on side and finishes well. | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | OTHER | Foul from Diaby | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | OTHER | Foul on Walcott not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | GOAL | Nothing against the rules with the first Tottenham goal | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | OTHER | Foul on Nasri advantage given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | GOAL | Very good advantage given as Nasri scores a few seconds later | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | OTHER | Foul given against Diaby?? | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | OTHER | Blatant foul on Sagna who gets a push in the face. But nothing give. | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | OTHER | as a result Song makes a foul and gets punished. Should have given the first foul | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | OTHER | Foul from Diaby | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | OTHER | Foul on Song not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | OTHER | Foul on Diaby not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | OTHER | Foul from Diaby not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | CARD | That would have been a yellow card for Diaby if I was the ref | NC | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | OTHER | Foul on clichy not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | OFFSIDE | Offside against Tottenham | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | OTHER | Foul on clichy not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | OTHER | Foul from Clichy not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | OTHER | handbal Cesc given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | OTHER | Push in the back of Nasri not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | GOAL | Nothing against the rules with our third goal | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 44 | GOAL | Again nothing against the rules with this goal | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | OTHER | Foul from Djourou | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | PENALTY | Foul from Djourou on Modric. Djourou used his arm to block him. This was a penalty. | NC | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 48 | OTHER | Foul on Nasri | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | OTHER | Foul from Clichy | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | CARD | A well deserved yelllow card for this tackle from behind | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | OTHER | Foul on Cesc not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | OTHER | Foul from Song | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | CARD | Yellow card for Song also correct. | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | OTHER | Foul from Djourou | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | CARD | Yellow card for Djourou also correct | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | OTHER | Foul on Van Persie not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | OTHER | Foul on Cesc first advantage given ref comes back to it when Cesc loses the ball | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | OTHER | Foul on clichy | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | GOAL | A Robin Van Persie goal is cancelled for offside. As the stadium is like the club itself it has for some strange reason a few posts in the stand. And let this just be the place where RVP is situated. So I had to do my best to find some evidence. A picture taken at the moment that Cesc is swinging his leg and then you can see that RVP is onside when you look at the different shades in the pitch. When he reappears behind the post he is just past the defender but then the ball is already being played. For me he was at least level when the ball was played so it should have been a goal | NC | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 58 | OTHER | Foul on Song given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 | OTHER | Foul on Walcott not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | OFFSIDE | Offside against Tottenham | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 62 | OTHER | Foul on Crouch not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | OTHER | Foul on Djourou not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | OTHER | Foul on Crouch not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 | PENALTY | Szczesny just comes to late when Lennong is put through on him and he touches the striker. | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 70 | CARD | No card is given. I would have given him a yellow card but never a red card as the striker is going to the outside | NC | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 74 | OTHER | Foul on Crouch given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | OTHER | Foul given for tottenham | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | OTHER | Foul given against Crouch | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | OTHER | Foul against Sagna | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | OTHER | Szczesny punches a corner away and gets caught by an onstorming tottenham player. Should have been a foul given on the keeper | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 | OTHER | Foul given against RVP??? For what? | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 83 | OTHER | Another foul given against RVP? Again I don’t see much wrong | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | OTHER | Foul from Arshavin advantage given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | OTHER | Foul from Gallas given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | OTHER | Foul from Wilshere | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | OTHER | Foul on Van Persie not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 31 | 46 | 77 | |||
| % | 55,36% | 59,74% | ||||
| CARDS | 3 | 5 | 60,00% | |||
| PENALTY | 1 | 2 | 50,00% | |||
| GOAL | 6 | 7 | 85,71% | |||
| OTHER | 4 | 5 | 80,00% | |||
| TOTAL | 14 | 19 | 73,68% | |||
| WRONG CALLS | Arsenal | 18 | 78% | |||
| Tottenham | 5 | 22% | ||||
| TOTAL FOULS | ARSENAL | 13 | ||||
| TOTTENHAM | 8 |
So two very complete different score lines from the ref in this game.
When we just look at the important decisions he gets a very reasonable score. But of course this is largely due to the fact that a lot of good goals were scored. If you take the goals away you end up around 66% and this is a bit closer to the other scores.
I do think he missed a few things and for once we have been on the good end of a possible penalty decision. When Djourou brought down Modric we could have had no complaints if the ball would have gone on the penalty spot. So this was a lucky escape for Arsenal.
The not given goal is on the other hand a blow for Arsenal. I will be trying later on to upload pictures of the position from Van Persie but this is not possible from the computer I am working on now. So both teams could point at a wrong decision or we both could say that at the end of the day it didn’t matter on the final result. But still I would say that a penalty still has to be scored as the Van Persie goal was scored. So keep an eye for later today if I can upload the pictures. If someone else has some evidence of this please let me know.
As one of our readers always gives the numbers of wrong calls and indeed this is a very important statistic I have added this to my review this time. This will save him some work and gives you some extra information.
A lot of wrong calls (or not given fouls) and this is something that has kept his score low. He missed a few real blatant fouls and this is something I also have been critical about him in his earlier games. So the ref did what I expected him to do (or not to do), the final result was what I expected to be a draw (but hoped for a victory and feared a defeat – you know when you have a bad feeling sometimes the day of the game….)
Ball comes to Cesc. RVP clearly onside
Momen of Cesc kicking the ball. RVP is still visible at the right side of the post. At least level with the defenders.
RVP is visible at the left side of the post and looks to be at least still level with the defender to the left. The ball is already being played so in fact he can be past the last defender.
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