In normal circumstances such tributes are expected to last a minute but yesterday's was reportedly described by the stadium announcer as a «moment's» silence,
giving the match referee the option to cut it short.
Not exact matches
It usually is regulation that play is stopped if a facial injury is suspected by the
referee, however
given Koscielny's uncertainty on the basis of his injury, as well as the dramatic final moments of the
match, I can see why both the
referee and the players may have missed Koscielny down on the ground.
Martin Hansson, the
referee who
gave Steven Gerrard a controversial penalty in the Champions League
match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, is getting some harsh criticism that goes far beyond the normal paper talk.
If it's to win the PL title this season, Arsenal can still win it because they're not yet out of contention to win it despite Chelsea dubiously beating Swansea today at the Bridge when the
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referee bluntly refused the Swans the penalty they've won when a Chelsea defender handled in the box.But.had it been it was the other way round, I think the
referee would have
given it.
And to think that us Arsenal fans always accuse Arsene Wenger of being too unemotional and «classy», so it was a bit of a shock to get hold of the
referee's report from Arsenal's
match at Burnley, where Wenger was banished to the dressing room and subsequently
given a 4 -
match touchline ban.
They can not talk about Offiside goal and handballs occurred in that
match or when other players elbowed arsenal players and
referees still do not
give them even a yellow card, Steven G must shut up and mind his own team as i do not see them on top four.
(He actually
gave Ruud van Nistelroy 11 penalties in 11 games) He constantly had rows with Wenger and if you remember was the
referee who
gave the disgraceful penalty against Sol Campbell that ended Arsenal's 49
match unbeaten run.
Also Jon, while we're talking about Riley, a former
referee, famous for ending the Invincibles 49
match unbeaten run by awarding a disgraceful penalty against Sol Campbell after a Wayne Rooney dive and for also
giving 11 penalties in 11 games to Ruud van Nistelroy in the days when Manchester United were Arsenal's only challengers and we've not even started talking about Mike Dean from Merseyside who told the BBC that he was a Tranmere Rovers supporter after
giving several bad decisions against Everton but recently was forced to admit to being Liverpool fan.
I believe the same, but he must be more energetic in the
matches,
give more motivation to his players and discuss less with the
referee.
In the same week that Arsenal fans, or me at least, have been left shocked and bemused by the decision to
give control of the Arsenal v Hull City
match in the FA cup to our old friend Mike Dean, I read with interest that another high profile
referee Mark Clattenburg is to be punished for his mistake last weekend.
-- complain to the
referee — blames the
referee —
gives out the same goddamn excuses after every
match:
referee, cohesion, injuries, physically not ready..
last time he
refereed an arsenal
match i seem to recall him
giving us favourable decisions, appeared afraid of the backlash after the anti-dean petition.
Bonucci will miss the next
match with another yellow added to his season tally, for protesting a foul
given by the
referee.
Antoine Griezmann thought he had put France ahead in the second half, but after the goal was originally
given, the VAR called down to the
match referee and disallowed the goal for offside in the buildup.
I was stunned,
given his performance at Burnley, that this
referee was even considered for a high profile Championship
match on television six days later.
Well, a win is a win as long as the
match referee gives the win.
His battle with Sterling was one of the high points of the
match and a less lenient
referee may well have
given him a second yellow (even though I thought the first rather harsh).
It was through Martial and Ibrahimovic which started United's only goal of the
match, which relied on goal line technology for the
referee to
give the goal, which was seeming cleared, albeit not off the line, but past it, by the home side.
match in style with the flair and creativity of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial and Ibrahimovic evident in the opening exchanges.
At the second leg of semi final,
referee has
given a number of red and yellow cards and so, the
match was amazingly dramatic.