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By Ref Reviewer 03

Chelsea’s new manager, Andre Villas-Boas, felt hard done by Chris Foy’s performance in this match, complaining out about the ref using one set of criteria for one team and another for the other team. Someone forgot to tell him that you are not allowed to question bad performances and AVB picked up an FA charge for his indiscretion.

So how did Chris Foy do?

Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	points	weight
1	OTHER	Hill	Sturridge	C	Late hard tackle 10 seconds into the match	1	1
2	OTHER	Ferdinand	Drogba	C	Push	1	1
3	OTHER	Derry	Drogba	C	Trip	1	1
4	PENALTY	Luiz	C	Derry stuck his arms out to hold off Luiz – could have been given but will give ref the benefit of the doubt	1	2
5	OTHER	Taarabt	Meireles	NC	Holding – not given	0	0
7	OTHER	Mikel	Taarabt	C	Hold/Trip	1	1
9	OTHER	Helguson	Luiz	NC	Helguson pushed Luiz away from winning a header – not given	0	0
9	PENALTY	Luiz	Helguson	NC	Helguson went to ground after contact from Luiz, however Helguson had fouled Luiz in the build up – should have been a free kick to Chelsea	0	0
10	GOAL			NC	Shouldn’t have been a penalty so goal shouldn’t count either	0	0
10	OTHER	Cole	Hall	C	Push	1	1
11	OTHER	Barton	Cole	NC	Barton lunges in with his studs to kick the ball off the feet of Cole – ref only gives throw-in	0	0
11	YELLOW	Barton		NC	This was a dangerous tackle that Cole had to jump away from – should have been a booking	0	0
12	OTHER	Barton	Cole	C	Trip	1	1
18	OTHER	???	???	NC	Foy calls a foul in the box from a corner and gives QPR a free out – not sure what for	0	0
19	OTHER	Mikel	Helguson	C	Climbed over him	1	1
22	YELLOW	Luiz		NC	Simulation – dived in the area – not booked	0	0
22	OFFSIDE	Helguson		C		1	1
24	OTHER	Hill	Sturridge	C	Slid in to win the ball with right foot, followed through and kicked Sturridge with left leg	1	1
24	YELLOW	Hill		NC	dirty tackle – deserved a yellow – not given	0	0
26	OTHER	Meireles		NC	Handball called but ref should have allowed QPR to play advantage	0	0
27	OTHER	Hill	Sturridge	C	Shove – Sturridge is getting angry at Hill’s persistent fouling	1	1
29	OTHER	Cole	Barton	C	Foul	1	1
30	OTHER	Mikel	Taarabt	C	Trip	1	1
33	OTHER	Bosingwa	Wright-Phillips	C	Pulled him down by his shirt when through on goal	1	1
33	RED	Bosingwa		C	Last defender, denying an obvious goalscoring chance – He has to go	1	3
38	OTHER	Derry	Meireles	C	Charged in late on Meireles	1	1
40	OTHER	Faurlin	Mata	C	Attempted trip – advantage played	1	1
41	OTHER	Drogba	Taarabt	C	Two-footed seated lunge on Taarabt	1	1
41	RED	Drogba		C	This kind of tackle is always a sending off	1	3
43	OTHER	Helguson	Luiz	C	Shove	1	1
44	OTHER	Helguson	Meireles	C	Trip	1	1
45+1	OFFSIDE	Wright-Phillips	C		1	1
45+2	OTHER	Luiz	Hill	C	Bit of a trip	1	1
	Half time					23	28
			CORRECT		69,70%	60,87%
	YELLOW				0	3	0,00
	RED				2	2	100,00
	PENALTY			1	2	50,00
	GOAL				0	1	0,00
	OTHER				0	1	0,00
					3	9	33,33
	OFFSIDE				4	4	100,00
	Second half
50	OTHER	Mikel	Taarabt	C	Trip	1	1
50	YELLOW	Mikel		C	Broke up promising attack	1	2
51	OTHER	Derry	Lampard	NC	Got the ball but followed through on Lampard – not given	0	0
52	OTHER	Faurlin	Luiz	NC	Trip – ref missed it	0	0
52	OTHER	Derry	Lampard	C	Won the ball showing studs – tackle was a bit dangerous	1	1
52	YELLOW	Derry		C	Lampard didn’t like Derry’s tackle and let him know it – Ref booked both players	1	2
52	YELLOW	Lampard		C	Booked as said above	1	2
53	OFFSIDE	SWP		C		1	1
58	OTHER	Ivanovic	Taarabt	C	Rash Tackle on Taarabt	1	1
58	YELLOW	Ivanovic		C	Deserved	1	2
59	OFFSIDE	Helguson		C		1	1
59	OTHER	Barton	Terry	C	Tripped Terry from behind	1	1
59	YELLOW	Barton		C	Barton acted all surprised but yellow was deserved	1	2
63	OFFSIDE	Smith		C		1	1
63	OTHER	Hill	Ivanovic	NC	Hill shoved Ivanovic as he tried to clear	0	0
64	OTHER	Faurlin	Anelka	C	Ran across the back of him – tripped him up	1	1
66	OTHER	Faurlin	Luiz	C	Slight foul – advantage played	1	1
67	PENALTY	Ferdinand	Lampard	NC	It looked like Anton Ferdinand held Lampard in the area – should have been a penalty	0	0
67	RED	Ferdinand		NC	Should have been sent off	0	0
68	OFFSIDE	Smith		C		1	1
70	OTHER	Luiz	Ferdinand	C	A little kick after the ball is gone	1	1
70	YELLOW	Luiz		C	He’s starting to lose the plot	1	2
71	OTHER	Barton	Mikel	C	Push	1	1
72	PENALTY	Helguson	Luiz	C	Both were holding each other – correct not to give it	1	3
72	YELLOW	Meireles		C	Dissent	1	2
73	OTHER	Derry	Lampard	NC	Led with forearm to win header	0	0
74	YELLOW	Derry		NC	Should have been booked	0	0
75	OTHER	Barton		NC	Handball – not given	0	0
76	OTHER	Cole	Barton	C	Trip	1	1
76	YELLOW	Cole		C	Reacted with a cheap trip from behind	1	2
78	OTHER	Hill	Anelka	NC	Anelka slipped – not correct	0	0
85	PENALTY	Ferdinand	Terry	NC	Fouls Terry who was in the air for a header, making him miss the ball – not given	0	0
85	OTHER	Terry	Ferdinand	C	Terry whistled for an off the ball incident on Ferdinand – assumed correct	1	1
85	YELLOW	Terry		NC	Since this was off the ball, Terry should have been booked	0	0
88	OTHER	Luiz	Hill	C	Shoving	1	1
89	OTHER	Terry	Kenny	NC	Ran into the keeper – not given	0	0
89	YELLOW	Terry		C	Verbally abused the keeper for staying down	1	2
89	YELLOW	Kenny		NC	Should have booked him too for his part in the argument	0	0
90+1	OTHER	Hill	Ivanovic	NC	Obstruction – not given	0	0
90+3	OTHER	Malouda	Mackie	C	Trip	1	1
90+4	OTHER	Mackie	Cole	C	Push	1	1
90+5	OTHER	Faurlin	Luiz	C	Trip	1	1
			2nd half score
	TOTAL					28	39
	%		CORRECT		66,67%	62,90%
	YELLOW				9	12	75,00
	RED				0	0
	PENALTY			1	3	33,33
	GOAL				0	0
	OTHER				1	2	50,00
					11	17	64,71
	OFFSIDE				3	3	100,00
			TOTAL SCORE
	TOTAL					51	67
	%		CORRECT		68,00%	62,04%
	YELLOW				9	15	60,00
	RED				2	2	100,00
	PENALTY			2	5	40,00
	GOAL				0	1	0,00
	OTHER				1	3	33,33
					14	26	53,85
	OFFSIDE				7	7	100,00
	Correct calls	For QPR	27	52,94%
			For CFC	24	47,06%
			Total correct calls	51
	Wrong calls	Against QPR	5	20,83%
			Against CFC	19	79,17%
			Total		24

There was one goal in the match, scored from the spot for a soft penalty by David Luiz on Marcus Helguson. Not only did Helgusson go down easily, he pushed Luiz in the build up and for that reason, there never should have been a penalty, and thus no goal by QPR either.

Chelsea then had two players sent off in the first half. Bosingwa was sent off for a professional foul on Shawn Wright Philips, grabbing him by his Jersey as he was going on goal. Bosingwa was the last defender and so he had to go. Correct decision here.

Drogba was later sent off for a two-footed seated tackle. It’s the kind of tackle that is a sending off every time, even if he didn’t do much damage. It’s the nature of the tackle and the ref was right to send him off.

Chelsea had three or four penalty shouts in the match.

In the fourth minute from a free kick, Derry stuck out his arm and possibly interfered with Luiz who was running onto a Lampard free kick. I felt the linesman could have given this as a penalty, though it may have been a bit of a soft penalty, and so I gave the ref/linesman the benefit of the doubt. By the way, Derry seemed to be often
infringing on the rules throughout the match and he was lucky to not have been sent off sometime in the 90 minutes. Another ref might have given a penalty for this and then he probably would have had to have been sent off for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

In the 67th minute, QPR failed to clear and Anton Ferdinand held Frank Lampard as he tried to race on goal to get onto a pass into the area. This looked a penalty and a sending off, but it was not awarded.

In the 72nd minute, Helguson had his arms around Luiz, but Luiz also had a very strong hold of Helguson’s shirt. Both of them were holding each other, and thus the non-call was correct.

And finally in the 85th minute, Anton Ferdinand really got John Terry’s blood boiling when he pushed the Chelsea captain, preventing him from heading the ball onwards from long throw-in into the penalty area. Shoving someone so they can’t head a ball in the penalty area is a penalty. Should have been given.

John Terry was so incensed, he picked a fight with Ferdinand off the ball, for which QPR won a free kick, but no cards were dished out. In the aftermath, John Terry was seen on camera mouthing abuse at Anton Ferdinand. Allegedly this abuse was of a racial nature and John Terry is being investigated by the FA.

On the day, Chris Foy scoreda sub par 68%, and while Chelsea do seem to be showing a lack of discipline on the pitch, they can feel very hard done by. Chelsea had 19 decisions go against them compared to only 5 decisions going against QPR, most importantly QPR’s goal should not have happened, and Chelsea should have had 2 or 3 penalties in their favour.

Welcome to the EPL, Andre Villa-Boas. Enjoy your fine.

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