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Today’s referee is Peter Walton – In some parts of the world they say that Walton is a United ref. Is there anything to see in this review that might point at it? Just read on.

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Peter Walton (2012-01-31)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
1	OTHER	Heitinga	Dzeko	C	Foul	1
2	OTHER			NC	Ball not out ? throw-in wrongly given to Everton	1
3	OFFSIDE	Milner		C	Assumed correct	1
4	OTHER	Baines	Milner	C	Slid in a bit late, caught Milner	1
6	GOAL			C	Lescott headed off the line ? correct no goal	3
6	OFFSIDE	Fellaini		C		1
10	OTHER	Baines	Milner	NC	Obviously pushed ? not given	1
20	OTHER	Richards	Drenthe	C	Trip	1
23	OTHER	Milner	Drenthe	C	Trip	1
24	OTHER	Drenthe	Richards	C	Trip	1
26	OTHER	Barry	Cahill	NC	Backed in under him when up for header ? not given	1
27	OTHER	Cahill	Nasri	C	Trip	1
29	OTHER	Fellaini	Milner	NC	Tripped right in front of the ref ? not given	1
32	OTHER	Barry	Cahill	C	Foul	1
33	OTHER	Stracqualursi	Hart	C	Foul	1
34	OTHER	Kompany	Cahill	C	Ran into back of Cahill	1
34	YELLOW	Kompany		NC	Cahill stopped to hold off Kompany, not much in it really ? poorly given card	2
36	OFFSIDE	Aguero		C		1
38	OTHER	Fellaini	Nasri	C	Came in late, knee to calf	1
40	OTHER	Nasri	Drenthe	C	Trip	1
46	OFFSIDE	Cahill		C		1
47	OTHER			NC	Ball last off Lescott ? shoud have been corner	1
48	OTHER	Hibbert	Aguero	NC	Trip, a bit hard and late ? not given	1
48	YELLOW	Hibbert		NC	Worth a booking	2
50	OFFSIDE	Richards		C		1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
47	OTHER	Drenthe	Milner	C	Foul	1
50	OFFSIDE	Silva		C		1
53	OTHER	Lescott	Howard	NC	Lescott is fouled in the area but Walton wrongly gives Everton a free out	1
53	PENALTY	Howard	Lescott	NC	Howard rushes to punch ball in vain, misses, runs into Lescott ? penalty not given	3
55	OTHER	Dzeko	Hibbert	C	bumped into defender	1
57	OTHER	Stracqualursi	Kompany	NC	Held/pushed Kompany in area ? not given	1
57	PENALTY			NC	Denied Kompany the chance to head ball ? should have been a penalty	3
57	YELLOW	Stracqualursi		NC	Should have been booked as well	2
58	PENALTY			C	Fellaini got ball fairly ? good no call	3
59	OTHER	Lescott	Stracqualursi	C	Trip	1
59	YELLOW	Lescott		C	Stopped attack	2
60	GOAL			C	Gibson ? Goal okay	3
62	OFFSIDE	Aguero		C	Assumed correct	1
63	OTHER	Fellaini	Dzeko	C	Didn’t look like a foul but I’ll give ref benefit	1
64	OTHER	Cahill	Nasri	NC	Pushed ? not given	1
66	OTHER	Barry	Drenthe	NC	Pulled back, no advantage signaled though Everton kept possession	1
68	OTHER			NC	Ball deflected off Silva but corner not given to Everton	1
69	OTHER	Baines	Johnson	C	Shove	1
71	OTHER	Stracqualursi	Richards	C	Holding	1
73	OTHER	Kolarov	Donovan	C	Shove	1
74	OTHER	Drenthe	Johnson	C	Trip	1
75	PENALTY			C	Ball to arm ? Neville’s arms were down by his side and the ball came hard and fast ? not intentional ? correct call	3
77	OTHER	Drenthe	Richards	NC	Bad challenge, raised leg, studs showing ? advantage wrongly played	1
77	RED	Drenthe		NC	Should have been sent off for violent play ? only got yellow	3
77	OTHER	Baines/Drenthe	Johnson	C	Tripped	1
81	OTHER	Cahill	Kompany	NC	Ran into him ? not given	1
83	OTHER	Baines	Barry	NC	slid in, missed ball, tripped Barry ? not given	1
85	OTHER	Cahill	Kompany	NC	Holding ? advantage played	1
88	OTHER			NC	Ball last off Cahill ? throw wrongly given to Everton	1
90	OFFSIDE	Kompany		C		1
91	OTHER	Cahill	DeJong	C	Foul	1
91	YELLOW	Baxter		NC	Kicked ball far away clearly after whistle ? time wasting ? not cautioned	2

Man City had 4 penalty shouts in the 2nd half all of which were turned down or ignored.  Of those, two of them should have been awarded.

In the 53rd minute, Lescott sneaked in behind Everton’s last defender to get onto a Edin Dzeko header.  Tim Howard rushed out of his net and in a futile attempt to punch the ball, he clattered into Jolean Lescott knocking him down.  Shockingly, Peter Walton blew the whistle against Lescott giving Everton a free out.

Four minutes later Man City should have had another penalty when Vincent Kompany was clearly pushed as he tried to head the ball from a corner, but Walton must not have seen it.

In the 58th minute, Aguero fell down in the area, but Fellaini had made good contact with the ball and minimal contact with the player, and thus it was a fair challenge.

It was Everton who then opened the scoring in the 60th minute with a deflected shot by Everton’s new loanee, Gibson.  There was a hint of a foul by Fellaini in the buildup to the goal though to me it looked like Dzeko had stuck his foot out in front of Fellaini and the contact was as much Dzeko’s fault, if not more than Fellaini’s fault.

Later in the half, Man City also appealed for a penalty when a cross into the box hit Gary Neville’s hand but the Everton defender’s arms were down by his side and the cross came hard and fast – a case of ball to hand and the ref was right not to award City a penalty.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Peter Walton (2012-01-31)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	5	5	100.00
OTHER	11	17	64.71
YELLOW	0	2	0.00
TOTAL	17	25	68.00
WEIGHTED	19	29	65.52
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	10	20	50.00
PENALTY	2	4	50.00
RED	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	1	3	33.33
TOTAL	17	32	53.13
WEIGHTED	24	47	51.06
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	2	2	100.00
OFFSIDE	8	8	100.00
OTHER	21	37	56.76
PENALTY	2	4	50.00
RED	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	1	5	20.00
TOTAL	34	57	59.65
WEIGHTED	43	76	56.58

Peter Walton put in another poor display with wrong calls heavily favouring Everton.

Concerning bookings,  Vincent Kompany was cautioned for running into the back of Cahill who had stopped in his tracks to hold off the defender.  A foul perhaps but it was never a booking.

On the other hand, Royston Drenthe was lucky not to have been sent off in the second half when he went in very late on Micah Richards with raised boot, catching him with his studs just above the knee.  Fortunately for Richards he wasn’t caught too squarely and therefore he wasn’t seriously hurt, but Drenthe should have been sent off for this.  Instead Walton played an advantage and only showed a yellow card to the Dutch midfielder on loan from Real Madrid.  Moyes was quick substituted him after the incident.

BIAS SUMMARY – Peter Walton (2012-01-31)
Period 1	Everton	%	Manchester City	%	Total
Correct For	8	47.06	9	52.94	17
Correct For Weighted	8	42.11	11	57.89	19
Incorrect Against	2	25.00	6	75.00	8
Incorrect Against Weighted	2	20.00	8	80.00	10
Fouls Commited	11	55.00	9	45.00	20
Fouls Penalised	8	72.73	8	88.89	16
Period 2	Everton	%	Manchester City	%	Total
Correct For	10	55.56	8	44.44	18
Correct For Weighted	17	68.00	8	32.00	25
Incorrect Against	2	14.29	12	85.71	14
Incorrect Against Weighted	2	9.09	20	90.91	22
Fouls Commited	14	73.68	5	26.32	19
Fouls Penalised	7	50.00	4	80.00	11
Totals	Everton	%	Manchester City	%	Total
Correct For	18	51.43	17	48.57	35
Correct For Weighted	25	56.82	19	43.18	44
Incorrect Against	4	18.18	18	81.82	22
Incorrect Against Weighted	4	12.50	28	87.50	32
Fouls Commited	25	64.10	14	35.90	39
Fouls Penalised	15	60.00	12	85.71	27

Man City tried to find an equalizer, but were unable to do so and now find themselves in a slump.  Peter Walton did them no favours with 18 wrong calls going against them compared to only 4 wrong calls against Everton.

I haven’t received the ref review of the Mu game in which Walton gave two penalties in favour of United so they could win against Stoke but given the two Webbalties at Chelsea and this performance against their biggest title rivals it does seem to be that the refs are entering “money time”.

It might be worth remembering that almost one year ago we played at Newcastle and faced the worst bias ever seen on a football field. In those days Arsenal was one of the biggest rivals of United for the title. How much coincidence is all this?