Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea Referee: Michael Oliver
Oliver struggled in this match in my opinion, and looked a little out of his depth in such an important fixture.
16th Minute: Oscar is bowled over by Arsenal Goalkeeper David Ospina. It looks like a penalty to me since Ospina didn't get any ball, but Oliver says no, the first of many mistakes on the afternoon.
23rd Minute: Cesc Fabregas goes down in the box after being tripped by Santi Cazorla. It looks like a penalty kick to me, but Oliver disagrees and yellow cards Fabregas for simulation.
34th Minute: Gary Cahill slides in front of Santi Cazorla and blocks a shot, but seems to use his hand in the process. Tough for Oliver to spot, but this was another missed penalty kick by the young referee.
Crystal Palace 0-2 Hull City Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Clattenburg is regarded by many as England's top referee, but he struggled in this bottom of the table match.
51st Minute: Dame N'Doye nets Hull's first goal of the afternoon, but Crystal Palace players protest that Robbie Brady handled the ball just before the goal was scored. Watching the replay, it looks like a clear handball. Tough to spot for Clattenburg because Brady had his back turned.
83rd Minute: Yaya Sanogo thinks he has leveled the score with a header goal, but Clattenburg signals a push by Sanogo on Paul McShane as he was going up. I watched multiple replays and it looks like McShane goes down too easily under little contact from Sanogo. Key mistake from Clattenburg.
Burnely 0-1 Leicester City Referee: Anthony Taylor
Taylor had a decent match, but I have my doubts about his penalty call.
58th Minute: Burnley's Matthew Taylor goes down in the box near Paul Konchesky. Taylor calls a penalty but I don't see enough contact on the play. This mistake was less prevalent, however, after Burnley failed to convert on the spot kick.
Queens Park Rangers 0-0 West Ham Referee: Mike Jones
Jones had a good bounce back performance in this match, making a very good call on a QPR penalty appeal.
22nd Minute: West Ham defender James Collins blocks an effort from Bobby Zamora with his extended hand. Jones correctly signals for a QPR penalty kick, though Charlie Austin failed to capitalize.
Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa Referee: Mike Dean
Dean didn't make any major mistakes in this match, but one call by his assistant raised questions in my mind.
88th Minute: Aston Villa have a breakaway stopped when Christian Benteke is called offsides. Unfortunately, replays show Benteke was onside and probably would have scored to put Villa ahead 3-2. It was a tough call, but still a big mistake by the AR.
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Liverpool Referee: Roger East
Southampton 2-2 Tottenham Referee: Jonathan Moss
Newcastle 2-3 Swansea City Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Stoke City 1-1 Sunderland Referee: Martin Atkinson
Everton 3-0 Manchester United Referee: Andre Marriner
No controversy for East, Atkinson, Moss, Swarbrick, and Marriner. Nice work by them and their crews.
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