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For the game at Norwich between the local side and Tottenham Hotspur we had the youngest ref in the EPL in charge. How did Michael Oliver score in this game?
| MATCH REVIEW DETAILS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | ||||||
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | Weight |
| 3 | OTHER | Sandro | Holt | C | Push | 1 |
| 8 | OTHER | Holt | Ekoto | C | Arm in the face | 1 |
| 8 | YELLOW | Holt | NC | Not really a punch but no need to stop a player with the arm like that | 3 | |
| 12 | OTHER | Holt | Sandro | C | Trip | 1 |
| 13 | OTHER | VDVaart | Drury | NC | Late challenge, not given | 1 |
| 13 | YELLOW | VDVaart | NC | Should have been punished with a yellow card | 2 | |
| 16 | OTHER | Modric | Hoolahan | C | Advantage given, shot saved by the keeper | 1 |
| 20 | OTHER | Holt | Kaboul | C | High foot | 1 |
| 21 | OFFSIDE | Tottenham | C | assumed correct | 1 | |
| 23 | OTHER | De Laet | Bale | C | Trip | 1 |
| 36 | OFFSIDE | Tottenham | C | correct | 1 | |
| 44 | OTHER | Hoolahan | Parker | C | Trip | 1 |
| 45 | PENALTY | Morisson | Gallas | C | Morisson tripped Gallas but the ball was not in play so no penalty can be given. | 3 |
| 44 | YELLOW | Morisson | NC | Ref should have given a yellow card and retaken the free kick | 2 | |
| 46 | OTHER | Ekotto | Hoolahan | C | Trip | 1 |
| Period 2 | ||||||
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | Weight |
| 52 | OTHER | Gallas | Surman | C | Trip | 1 |
| 52 | YELLOW | Gallas | C | Stopping a promising attack | 2 | |
| 55 | GOAL | Tottenham | C | Correct goal | 0 | |
| 57 | OTHER | Norwich? | Tot? | C | High foot, advantage given | 1 |
| 66 | OFFSIDE | Tottenham | C | clear offside | 1 | |
| 66 | GOAL | Tottenham | NC | ruled out correct because offside | 3 | |
| 67 | GOAL | Tottenham | C | Correct goal | 0 | |
| 68 | OTHER | Sandro | Hoolahan | C | Trip | 1 |
| 69 | OTHER | Whitebread | Walker | C | Trip | 1 |
| 69 | YELLOW | Whitebread | C | Went for the man, not the ball. Correct card | 2 | |
| 70 | OTHER | Fox | Sandro | C | Trip | 1 |
| 75 | OFFSIDE | Norwich | C | assumed correct | 1 | |
| 80 | OTHER | Rose | Bennet | C | Jumped in the back | 1 |
| 84 | OTHER | Parker | Hoolahan | C | Trip | 1 |
| 89 | OTHER | Gallas | Holt | NC | Jumped in the back but not given, no real advantage to be seen | 1 |
| 94 | OFFSIDE | Norwich | C | Very close call but it lookes as if he was offside | 1 |
| COMPETENCY SUMMARY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Called | Total | Correct % |
| OFFSIDE | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
| OTHER | 8 | 9 | 88.89 |
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| YELLOW | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 15 | 73.33 |
| WEIGHTED | 13 | 21 | 61.90 |
| Period 2 | Called | Total | Correct % |
| GOAL | 2 | 3 | 66.67 |
| OFFSIDE | 3 | 3 | 100.00 |
| OTHER | 7 | 8 | 87.50 |
| YELLOW | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
| TOTAL | 14 | 16 | 87.50 |
| WEIGHTED | 20 | 24 | 83.33 |
| Totals | Called | Total | Correct % |
| GOAL | 2 | 3 | 66.67 |
| OFFSIDE | 5 | 5 | 100.00 |
| OTHER | 15 | 17 | 88.24 |
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| YELLOW | 2 | 5 | 40.00 |
| TOTAL | 25 | 31 | 80.65 |
| WEIGHTED | 33 | 45 | 73.33 |
| BIAS SUMMARY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Norwich City | % | Tottenham Hotspur | % | Total |
| Correct For | 6 | 54.55 | 5 | 45.45 | 11 |
| Correct For Weighted | 8 | 61.54 | 5 | 38.46 | 13 |
| Incorrect Against | 2 | 50.00 | 2 | 50.00 | 4 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 3 | 37.50 | 5 | 62.50 | 8 |
| Fouls Commited | 7 | 53.85 | 6 | 46.15 | 13 |
| Fouls Penalised | 6 | 85.71 | 5 | 83.33 | 11 |
| Period 2 | Norwich City | % | Tottenham Hotspur | % | Total |
| Correct For | 7 | 53.85 | 6 | 46.15 | 13 |
| Correct For Weighted | 10 | 58.82 | 7 | 41.18 | 17 |
| Incorrect Against | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fouls Commited | 5 | 45.45 | 6 | 54.55 | 11 |
| Fouls Penalised | 5 | 100.00 | 5 | 83.33 | 10 |
| Totals | Norwich City | % | Tottenham Hotspur | % | Total |
| Correct For | 13 | 54.17 | 11 | 45.83 | 24 |
| Correct For Weighted | 18 | 60.00 | 12 | 40.00 | 30 |
| Incorrect Against | 3 | 60.00 | 2 | 40.00 | 5 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 4 | 44.44 | 5 | 55.56 | 9 |
| Fouls Commited | 12 | 50.00 | 12 | 50.00 | 24 |
| Fouls Penalised | 11 | 91.67 | 10 | 83.33 | 21 |
The first half was as can be expected from refs in the EPL by now. He missed an early easy yellow when Holt from Norwich stopped Essou-Ekoto with an arm in his face. On the other hand he also let go a late tackle from Van Der Vaart. I feared for the ref at that time and a low first half score was the result.
But what a second half!! Amazing really but I must say that the players did play the game in the right spirit. But still he got almost all his calls correct bar one in this half. So a very high score for the ref.
If he just would have been a bit more focussed in the early stages of the game he could have set a new Untold ref review record. But an encouraging performance from the youngest ref in the EPL overall.