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Monday, April 20, 2015

Premier League Review Week 33: Surprisingly little controversy in smaller slate

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United               Referee: Mike Dean
Dean had an excellent match with just one blemish on his performance.
35th Minute: David de Gea appears to handle the ball inches out of the area. Near impossible for Dean or the AR to spot so I can't blame them.
95th Minute: Manchester United want a penalty after Ander Herrera goes down in the box after contact from Gary Cahill. Dean calls a dive on Herrera. At first, I disagreed, but after taking a closer look it is clear that Herrera created the contact by moving into Cahill. Incredible call by Dean, who showed superb guts in making that call.

Everton 1-0 Burnley                                 Referee: Mike Jones
Jones had a tough matches, and I have questions about two of his key decisions.
10th Minute: Burnley's David Jones clearly trips up Aaron Lennon right on the edge of the box. Very hard to tell whether the contact was in the box, but Jones is sure it was. My gut tells me the contact was just outside the box, but I can't be sure.
45+2nd Minute: Burnley's Ashley Barnes, sitting on a yellow, trips up Seamus Coleman. To me, the second yellow that Jones showed was excessive. Barnes barely missed the ball, and the foul didn't stop a promising attack, meaning yellow might have been too much. In my opinion, Jones should have instead given a final warning to Barnes.

Crystal Palace 0-2 West Bromwich          Referee: Jonathan Moss
Leicester City 2-0 Swansea                      Referee: Lee Probert
Stoke City 2-1 Southampton                    Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Manchester City 2-0 West Ham               Referee: Anthony Taylor
Newcastle 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur           Referee: Kevin Friend
No controversy for Moss, Probert, Clattenburg, Taylor, and Friend. Good work by those five and their crews.

If you are looking for FA Cup reports, go to:
http://worldsoccerrefereeing.blogspot.com/2015/04/fa-cup-semifinal-reports.html

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