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By Johnny Deigh, another Untold ref
So once again Johnny has taken the immense task upon him to review a Manchester United game. I can barely watch them once so looking twice at their games is a hell of a job. And as the ref was our dear and beloved friend Phil Dowd it was interesting to see how he did his job this time.
| Min | Type | Decision | C/NC | points | weight | on |
| 1 | OTHER | foul on Suarez by Smalling | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | OTHER | foul on suarez by brown | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | OTHER | foul on nani by johnson | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | OTHER | offside on Liverpool, advantage played | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | OTHER | foul on Brown, advantage played, should have given the foul | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | OTHER | foul on suarez by giggs | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | OTHER | foul on maxi by rooney | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | OTHER | high kick by Nani not penalised | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | OTHER | foul on gerrard by evra | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | OTHER | offside berbatov | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | OTHER | foul by suarez on smalling | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | OTHER | offside on berbatov – looked same line, shot off target | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | OTHER | foul by kuyt on rafael | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | OTHER | suarez wants a foul called against evra – not called – looked shoulder to shoulder | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | OTHER | foul by scholes on Lucas | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | OTHER | dowd lets scholes encroach on free kick | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | GOAL | goal by Kuyt – fine goal – Kuyt’s tap-in saves what would have been an OG by Evra. VdS complained of offside, but Kuyt was behind the ball when Suarez shot. | c | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | OTHER | foul on VdS by kuyt | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | GOAL | goal by Kuyt – Suarez’ cross was headed back by Nani – goal okay | c | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | OTHER | foul by carragher on Nani | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | CARD | yellow card given – studs to shin, it should have been red | nc | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45+2 | CARD | VDS booked for dissent – a lot of refs don’t like seeing keepers leave their goal to complain | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45+4 | OTHER | foul by Maxi on Rafael – not given | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45+4 | CARD | Maxi should have been booked for showing his studs in a high challenge | nc | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 45+4 | OTHER | foul by rafael – given – Dowd lost control of the match here – should have given the 1st foul on Rafael by Maxi | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45+4 | CARD | Rafael’s ugly 2-footed lunge should have seen red – Maxi’s previous foul doesn’t excuse this. | nc | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45+5 | CARD | Skrtel booked for shoving Rafael – strange that Dowd never booked Nolan for shoving Diaby | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45+5 | CARD | Rafael only booked for initial lunge, not for shoving back – strange Dowd motioned 2 pushes when he sent off diaby with a straight red but lets rafael get away with it. | nc | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 45+6 | OTHER | Evra shoves Kuyt – not given | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | OTHER | foul on kuyt by rafael – advantage played | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | OTHER | Foul by rooney on carragher – advantage played | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | OTHER | foul by lucas on rooney | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 53 | OTHER | foul by kuyt on Evra | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | OTHER | foul on Chicharito | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | OTHER | Meireles fouled by scholes – not called | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | PENALTY | Berbatov wrongly appeals for a handball clearance off the line – Meireles blocked it with his chest – no call is right | c | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 59 | OTHER | Foul on Berbatov by Krygiakos – wrongly given – berbatov backs into K. | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 | OTHER | foul on kuyt by brown | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | GOAL | goal by kuyt – a little movement in the wall but it’s relatively normal | c | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 67 | OTHER | MU defender’s arm pulled back – not given, advantage played | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | OTHER | foul by smalling on kuyt | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 | OTHER | foul by gerrard on carrick | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | OTHER | offside called on berbatov | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | OTHER | foul on suarez by evra | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | OTHER | handball by carrick | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | OTHER | foul by lucas on rooney – advantage played – not really an advantage, but Chicharito retains possession | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | OTHER | Chicharito had the ball for a couple of seconds, then tried to find Berbatov at the far post, but was unsuccessful. Dowd now decides to give the earlier foul, but the ref cannot play advantage for one team, let them try to score, then if they don’t score, bring the ball back to the initial foul. Liverpool players are incensed and rightly so. | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | OTHER | Foul on Berbatov by Maxi | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | OTHER | foul on suarez by evra – not given | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 | OTHER | foul on Kyrgiakos by berbatov – not given | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 83 | OTHER | foul by scholes on suarez | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | CARD | yellow card – trip from behind to kill attack | c | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 84 | OTHER | foul on suarez by Brown – not given | nc | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 84 | CARD | Brown went to ground, got the ball but the player too– should’ve seen yellow | nc | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 89 | OTHER | foul on suarez by evra | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | OTHER | 3 added minutes | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90+1 | GOAL | goal by Chicharito – normal | c | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 37 | 48 | 75 | |||
| % | 64,91% | 64,00% | ||||
| CARD | 2 | 6 | 33,33 | |||
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100,00 | |||
| GOAL | 4 | 4 | 100,00 | |||
| OTHER | 1 | 6 | 16,67 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 47,06 |
Dowd saved two players from a 3 game ban. Rafael and Carragher. By giving them a yellow card he saved them from a well deserved ban.
Another interesting data is who favoured the most incorrect calls. And in this Liverpool was getting the benefit 8 times and MU 12 times.
And some additional notes from the other Untold ref, Walter Broeckx
So another Dowd performance. He just doesn’t recognise a dangerous tackle even when the blood comes pouring out. He is a danger for all players when he is on the field. Arshavin survived a dangerous foul and Diaby escaped a terrible injury against Newcastle and Dowd even didn’t give the fouls but as we all know he was “do(wd)ing” some other things at that time.
Like I said after the Newcastle game it would be a nice gesture if Dowd just would stop his refereeing in the EPL. He clearly is not up to the task anymore.
Thanks Johnny for this review.