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For the game between Stoke and Liverpool we had ref Clattenburg in charge. How was his performance?
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | points | weight |
| 1 | Foul | Carragher | Crouch | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | Foul | Crouch | Carragher | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Foul | Delap | Suarez | N/C | Ref misses Delap follow through on Suarez | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Penalty | Shawcross | Kuyt | N/C | Shawcross is literally hugging Kuyt, both arms around his chest | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Foul | Delap | Adam | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Foul | Adam | Whitehead | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Foul | Skrtel | Crouch | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Penalty | Skrtel | N/C | Skrtel is pulling the shirt off stoke player, the theme continues | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Foul | Walters | Agger | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Penalty appeal | Delap | C | Liverpool want a pen for a header against Delaps hand, no way says ref | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | Foul | Suarez | Huth | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Foul | Kuyt | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Foul | Walters | Carragher | N/C | Ref misses a push push from Walters | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Penalty | Walters | N/C | After backing in Walters waits for the inevitable arm from Carragher and falls to the ground, blatant cheating | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Offside | Kuyt | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Offside | Walters | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Foul | Wilson | Suarez | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | Foul | Suarez | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Foul | Adam | Pennant | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 34 | Penalty | Etherington | Skrtel | N/C | poor challenge Skrtel beats him to the ball, ref misses it, prob because Skrtel gets his shot away | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Yellow | Etherington | N/C | Challenge was certaily worth a yellow | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Offside | Crouch | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 38 | Other | Adam | Whitehead | N/C | Adam is pushing whitehead in back, ref gives a throw to Liverpool instead of foul to Stoke | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Handball | Enrique | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 38 | Yellow | Enrique | N/C | His recation was worth a yellow, every other game I have reviewed this would have been yellow | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Foul | Whitehead | Adam | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 44 | Foul | Delap | Suarez | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 45 | Foul | Whitehead | Adam | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 46 | Other | Adam | N/C | Ref watches as Walters battles hard but fair for the ball, Adam kicks out at him, should have been a foul to Stoke | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Yellow | Adam | N/C | Adam should have been cautioned | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Foul | Lucas | Etheringtn | C | 1 | 1 | |
| Half time | 20 | 24 | |||||
| CORRECT | 64,52% | 55,81% | |||||
| YELLOW | 0 | 3 | 0,00 | ||||
| RED | |||||||
| PENALTY | 1 | 5 | 20,00 | ||||
| GOAL | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | ||||
| OTHER | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 1 | 10 | 10,00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 3 | 3 | 100,00 | ||||
| Second half | |||||||
| 50 | Other | C | Big handball appeal from Liverpool on edge of box, no way | 1 | 1 | ||
| 52 | Offside | Crouch | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 55 | Foul | Crouch | Skrtel | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 56 | Foul | Adam | Whitehead | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 57 | Foul | Walters | Adam | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 58 | Offside | Pennant | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 60 | Foul | Henderson | Whitehead | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 60 | Other | C | A great advantage by the ref allows a Liverpool break, they have 5 shots in 7 seconds. Great reffing | 1 | 1 | ||
| 66 | Offside | Pennant | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 67 | Foul | Upson | Carroll | C | I wish refs were consistent if this is a foul thre are 10 penalties a match at least | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Foul | Wilkinson | Agger | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 85 | Other | C | Another big handball shout from Lpool, no way again | 1 | 3 | ||
| 88 | Foul | Shawcross | Carroll | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 88 | Foul | Carroll | Shawcross | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 90 | Other | C | Again a penalty appeal from Lpool, again the ref is right | 1 | 3 | ||
| 92 | Foul | Walters | Adam | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 93 | Foul | Enrique | Pennant | C | 1 | 1 | |
| 2nd half score | |||||||
| TOTAL | 17 | 19 | |||||
| % | CORRECT | 100,00% | 100,00% | ||||
| YELLOW | 0 | 0 | |||||
| RED | 0 | 0 | |||||
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100,00 | ||||
| GOAL | 0 | 0 | |||||
| OTHER | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 100,00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 3 | 3 | 100,00 | ||||
| TOTAL SCORE | |||||||
| TOTAL | 37 | 43 | |||||
| % | CORRECT | 77,08% | 69,35% | ||||
| YELLOW | 0 | 3 | 0,00 | ||||
| RED | 0 | 0 | |||||
| PENALTY | 2 | 6 | 33,33 | ||||
| GOAL | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | ||||
| OTHER | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | ||||
| 2 | 11 | 18,18 | |||||
| OFFSIDE | 6 | 6 | 100,00 | ||||
| Correct calls | For Stoke | 14 | 37,84% | ||||
| For Liverpool | 23 | 62,16% | |||||
| Total correct calls | 37 | ||||||
| Wrong calls | Against Stoke | 3 | 33,33% | ||||
| Against Liverpool | 6 | 66,67% | |||||
| Total | 9 |
A Game of two halves from Referee Mark Clattenburg, a ref I like, he is usually in control of his game, sadly today his errors were match defining, no Referee likes to see that. Stoke started the game at a high tempo and did what they like to do, making the game as difficult to ref as possible, in the second half they were happy just to keep bodies behind the ball, watching Liverpool become more and more frustrated.
Shawcross and Skrtel both were guilty of greater holding in the box than that which led to the Stoke penalty, and Etherington was late and lucky on his challenge on Skrtel in the box.
No bookings in the game, something I struggled with, Clattenburg seemed determined to let the game flow and keep his cards in his pockets, even for incidents if dissent. Clearly he has not been watching other games this season where dissent has been clamped down on very consistently.
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