Swarbrick opened up the day with the week's first full blown controversy. Good besides that though.
2nd Minute: Swarbrick calls a foul after Wilfred Bony is fouled by the last man back for West Brom, Craig Dawson. Then Swarbrick shows Gareth McCauley, who had fouled Bony just after the whistle, the red card instead of Dawson. I agree with the red card decision but Swarbrick has got to notice who committed the foul. Swarbrick later apologized for the mistaken identity.
Tottenham 4-3 Leicester City Referee: Mike Dean
Dean was pretty good, save for one crucial call gone wrong.
63rd Minute: Dean points to the spot after a sliding challenge by Leicester's David Nugent on Danny Rose. After seeing a couple replays, it is clear that Nugent actually made a fantastic tackle, so I strongly disagree with Dean on that call. However, I think that "arrogance", as Nigel Pearson accused Dean of having, is a little much.
Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal Referee: Mike Jones
Jones was decent, but he could have been better, especially with his strictness.
61st Minute: Newcastle want a penalty after a cross hits the hand of an Arsenal defender. To me, it looks like the hand was tucked in, so no penalty is the right call for me.
87th Minute: Newcastle's Remy Cabella gets tripped up in the box by Laurent Koscielny. It is a borderline penalty, but in my opinion Jones probably should have pointed to the spot given that Cabella's run was impeded.
Southampton 2-0 Burnley Referee: Roger East
Keeping in line with previous games, East was decent besides one controversial call.
31st Minute: Burnely want a PK after Southampton captain José Fonte steps on George Boyd in the box. Tough to spot for East, who doesn't call a foul.
Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace Referee: Andre Marriner
Same situation as the past. Marriner was decent except for one bad call.
40th Minute: Palace F Yannick Bolaise collides with Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic in the box. Begovic seemed to get the ball first, and Bolaise comes in with a high leg, so I would have given a free kick to Stoke. Marriner instead awards a penalty to Palace, who take advantage.
Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United Referee: Martin Atkinson
What a day Atkinson had. I think that, besides sending off Gerrard, he could have sent off 2 or 3 more players in the game.
46th Minute: Atkinson rightly sends off Gerrard for his stomp on Ander Herrera. Liverpool fans are mad about the call, but Atkinson got it 100% right.
56th Minute: Phil Jones comes in from behind on Jordan Henderson. Atkinson shows him a correct yellow, but Liverpool fans will rightly argue that Jones should have already gotten at least a yellow, if not a red for a 21st minute rugby tackle on Adam Lallana. Jones however escaped without even a warning. Put all this together and we should have been playing 10 v. 10
71st Minute: Wayne Rooney appears to intentionally kick the plant leg of Liverpool Goalkeeper Simon Mingolet. That should have been at least a yellow to Rooney, and possibly a red. If you ask me, a retrospective fine should have been given to Rooney.
94th Minute: Atkinson misses a stomp by Martin Skrtel on David de Gea. Luckily, the disciplinary committee didn't miss it and suspended Skrtel 3 games.
Oliver put in a good effort, but he should have taken action against Cesc Febregas for intentionally shoving him in the above scenario. You simply can't put your hands on a ref.
West Ham United 1-0 Sunderland Referee: Lee Mason
Aston Villa 0-1 Swansea City Referee: Robert Madley
Queens Park 1-2 Everton Referee: Jonathan Moss
Mason, Moss, and Madley refereed solid controversy-free games. Nice work.
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