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The Untold ref review : Arsenal – Leyton Orient
By Walter Broeckx, the untold ref in the FA cup
I can now understand why we couldn’t find the ref of this game on the websites until it appeared on Arsenal.com. Ref Mason from the Everton game came back to the Emirates. But this time no Everton involved. Could he now show he can have a good game?
| Min | Type | Text | C/NC | pts | weight | on |
| 1 | OTHER | Foul from Denilson not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | OTHER | Foul on Henderson not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | OTHER | Foul from Arsenal advantage given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | OTHER | Offside from LO | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | GOAL | Nothing wrong with that goal | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | OTHER | Foul from Henderson not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | OTHER | Foul from Ebou | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | OTHER | Foul from Gibbs not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | OTHER | Two footed tackle studs showing on Denilson nothing given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | CARD | Never let such fouls go without a card | NC | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | GOAL | Great finish and nothing wrong with that goal | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | OTHER | Foul given against Diaby? Why? | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | OTHER | Foul on Rosicky not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | OTHER | Foul from Eboue | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | CARD | Eboue gets a lecture from the ref | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | OTHER | Offside from LO | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | OTHER | Foul on Bendtner | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | OTHER | Foul from Bendtner | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | OTHER | Foul from Denilson given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | CARD | Denilson came late and should have gotten a yellow card | NC | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | GOAL | Again nothing wrong with the goal. Nice shot. | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 44 | OTHER | Little push from Chamakh in the back of a defender given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | OTHER | Dangerous tackle studs showing from Chorley | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | CARD | Chorley gets a yellow card for this tackle | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | OTHER | Foul given against Chamakh | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | OTHER | Foul against Squilacci | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 54 | OTHER | Foul against Squilacci not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | OTHER | Foul from Gibbs given | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | PENALTY | Gibbs is brought down in the penalty area. The Leyton Orient player pulled his shirt and kicked his feet. No doubt about that. | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 61 | GOAL | A hattrick for Bendtner and again nothing wrong | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 64 | OTHER | Offside from LO | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | OTHER | Foul from Chamakh | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | OTHER | Foul on Miguel | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | GOAL | A rarity, a goal from Clichy. Nothing wrong with that. Smiles all over the place by the Arsenal players. | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | OTHER | Foul from Clichy | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | CARD | Clichy gets a yellow card for this. It was his second foul in one attack and so the ref could give him a yellow card for this. | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 79 | OTHER | Dangerous tackle from Cox from LO | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | CARD | Certainly a yellow card | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 81 | OTHER | Foul on Wilshere not given | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | OTHER | Froul given against Nasri???? Why? This looked a bit of trying to give LO a bit of an helping hand | NC | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | OTHER | Foul given against Denilson | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | OTHER | Foul given against Chamakh | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | OTHER | Offside from LO | c | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 31 | 46 | 60 | |||
| % | 72,09% | 76,67% | ||||
| CARDS | 4 | 6 | 66,67% | |||
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100,00% | |||
| GOAL | 5 | 5 | 100,00% | |||
| OTHER | 5 | 6 | 83,33% | |||
| TOTAL | 15 | 18 | 83,33% |
So on the big decisions he had a very good game this time. I would suggest you keep this in mind when we see him again in the EPL. Don’t say: well he just is useless. No he showed today that he can do a good game. Be it a rather easy game but he sure made most of the calls right this time.
He only missed 3 fouls on Arsenal players and Dean in the CC final missed almost 15 fouls. So he did what a ref should do and that is be unbiased in this game. And certainly when it came to the big decisions he was spot on.
So a good game from ref Mason this time. In fact the things he missed or did not give where most of the time the small things.
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