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Today’s referee is Anthony Taylor –

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Anthony Taylor (2012-03-10)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
5	OTHER	Campbell	Adam	C	Trip	1
6	OTHER	Adams		C	Handball	1
8	OTHER	Adam	McClean	C	Trip	1
8	YELLOW	Adam		NC	“The trip was not a bad one but then Adams deliberatly sticks his foot out and stops the free kick to be taken quickly. Gets a warning, but this is a yellow card ref”	2
11	OTHER	Spearing	Campbell	C	Didn’t jump for the ball but clearly looked at Campbell and went for the man in the air	1
13	OTHER	Turner	Suarez	C	Push	1
18	OFFSIDE	Sunderland		C	assumed correct	1
19	OTHER	Adam	Gardner	C	Trip lying on the ground	1
19	YELLOW	Adam		NC	Ref lets Adam get away with it again	2
20	OTHER	Enrique	Campbell	C	Touched him with the arm in his face	1
20	YELLOW	Enrique		NC	Again the ref holds the cards in his pocket	2
22	OTHER	Adam	?	NC	Push in the back not given	1
25	OTHER	Kuyt	McClean	NC	“Ref gives advantage, but keeping possession is not the same as advantage”	1
26	OTHER	Bardsley	Bellamy	C	Trip	1
27	OTHER	Henderson	Gardner	C	Trip	1
27	OTHER	Adam	Colback	NC	Push in the back not given	1
27	OTHER	Colback	Adam	NC	Colback went down and ref gave nothing, Adam then fell over Colback and got the foul	4
27	OTHER	Colback	Suarez	C	I have some doubt but replay brings no clarity so go with the ref	1
33	OTHER	Bellamy	Colback	C	push	1
39	YELLOW	Kuyt		NC	Shows decent, ref gives him no card but has a word	1
42	OTHER	McClean	Kelly	C	Trip	1
42	YELLOW	McClean		C	Defensible, a bit dangerous but Liverpool committing the double of the fouls not given a yellow feels a bit harsh	2
42	OTHER	Adam	Bridge	C	Push	1
47	OTHER	Larsson	Kuyt	C	Kicked at him	1
47	YELLOW	Larsson		NC	A bit of a wild kick, should have been a yellow card, was a bit of retaliation for a in his mind not given push	2
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
46	OTHER	Kuyt	Colback	C	Trip	1
47	OTHER	Suarez	Turner	NC	Didn’t see much wrong to be honest	1
53	OTHER	Adam	Bendtner	NC	Ref signals advantage there is none	1
56	OTHER	Spearing	Colback	C	Trip	1
56	GOAL	Sunderland		C	correct goal	3
58	OTHER	Campbell	Skrtel	C	Push	1
60	OTHER	Larsson	Adam	C	Assumed correct	1
62	OTHER	Turner	Suarez	C	Trip	1
63	OTHER	Adam	Campbell	NC	Push not given	1
66	OTHER	Gardner	Kuyt	C	Assumed correct	1
69	OTHER	Suarez	Colback	C	Assumed correct	1
75	OTHER	Larsson	Enrique	C	Trip	1
78	OTHER	Skrtel	Bendtner	C	Trip	1
81	OTHER	Gardner	Gerrard	C	Push	1
81	OTHER	Skrtel	Bendtner	C	Trip	1
81	YELLOW	Skrtel		C	Came in and clamped the legs of Bendtner who got injured from this, correct card	2
85	OTHER	Carroll	Colback	C	push	1
92	OTHER	McClean	?	NC	Push not given	1
94	OTHER	Enrique	Larsson	C	Push	1

Sometimes you get the feeling that some players can do more than others. Today this was the case with Adam. The Liverpool player should have been booked a few times in the first half but the ref just let it go.

Enrique and Kuyt also should have got a yellow but he also let them go. So one can understand the frustration of Sunderland that it was them who got the first yellow card. That was a correct one but after letting 3 cards go by it always gives a feeling of injustice.

The goal from Sunderland was okay and the yellow card for Skrtel who kicked Bendtner off the field with a wild tackle was also well dealt with by the ref.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Anthony Taylor (2012-03-10)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	1	1	100.00
OTHER	14	18	77.78
YELLOW	1	6	16.67
TOTAL	16	25	64.00
WEIGHTED	17	31	54.84
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OTHER	13	17	76.47
YELLOW	1	1	100.00
TOTAL	15	19	78.95
WEIGHTED	18	22	81.82
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	1	1	100.00
OTHER	27	35	77.14
YELLOW	2	7	28.57
TOTAL	31	44	70.45
WEIGHTED	35	53	66.04

A very poor first half by the ref but he recovered a lot in the second half and made it to a score that can be seen but is far from the required PL level we would like to see.

BIAS SUMMARY – Anthony Taylor (2012-03-10)
Period 1	Sunderland	%	Liverpool	%	Total
Correct For	8	47.06	9	52.94	17
Correct For Weighted	8	40.00	12	60.00	20
Incorrect Against	8	88.89	1	11.11	9
Incorrect Against Weighted	11	84.62	2	15.38	13
Fouls Commited	7	38.89	11	61.11	18
Fouls Penalised	7	100.00	8	72.73	15
Period 2	Sunderland	%	Liverpool	%	Total
Correct For	9	60.00	6	40.00	15
Correct For Weighted	12	66.67	6	33.33	18
Incorrect Against	2	50.00	2	50.00	4
Incorrect Against Weighted	2	50.00	2	50.00	4
Fouls Committed	7	43.75	9	56.25	16
Fouls Penalised	6	85.71	7	77.78	13
Totals	Sunderland	%	Liverpool	%	Total
Correct For	17	53.13	15	46.88	32
Correct For Weighted	20	52.63	18	47.37	38
Incorrect Against	10	76.92	3	23.08	13
Incorrect Against Weighted	13	76.47	4	23.53	17
Fouls Committed	14	41.18	20	58.82	34
Fouls Penalised	13	92.86	15	75.00	28

Most decisions going against Sunderland in this game despite them being the home team. This had a lot to do with the poor first half and the poor handling of some yellow cards by the ref.

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