Premier League Reports Week 1: Courtois sent off for DOGSO, questionable calls in Norwich

Chelsea 2-2 Swansea City                       Referee: Michael Oliver
Oliver had one very important call to make and I think he nailed it.
55th Minute: Bafetimbi Gomis of Swansea is through on goal with only Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois to beat. Courtois sticks his leg out and trips Gomis just inside the box. Oliver calls the obvious penalty and goes on to show Courtois red for Denial of an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity. The penalty is clear, but the red card is more hazy since Gary Cahill potentially could have closed Gomis down. For me, the key word is opportunity, and Gomis clearly did have an opportunity to score a goal making red the right decision.

Oliver shows Courtois the red card

Norwich City 1-3 Crystal Palace             Referee: Simon Hooper
Hooper, not a member of the Select Group referees, was assigned to his first ever Premier League match. Unfortunately, it did not go well for Hooper, which begs the question of whether the appointment was a good idea for the first week of the season.
73rd Minute: Cameron Jerome appears to have leveled the score for Norwich with an overhead kick but Hooper disallows his goal for having his boot raised with studs showing. Hooper essentially called a dangerous play against Jerome but I think the call was wrong in this case since Jerome couldn't have done anything else but raise his boot to get the ball.
91st Minute: In the first minute of stoppage time, Norwich's Sebastien Bassong appears to be pushed in the back by Conor Wickham as he goes for a header in the area. It looks like a penalty to me, but Hooper doesn't call it.

Leicester City 4-2 Sunderland                 Referee: Lee Mason
Mason had one penalty decision to make in this high scoring match, and I think he got it right.
25th Minute: Sunderland's oft-disciplined defender Lee Cattermole slides in on Leicester's Riyad Mahrez in the box and gets nothing but man. Easy penalty call for Mason, who correctly points to the spot.

Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham          Referee: Jonathan Moss
Everton 2-2 Watford                                Referee: Mike Jones
Bournemouth 0-1 Aston Villa                 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Arsenal 0-2 West Ham                            Referee: Martin Atkinson
Newcastle 2-2 Southampton                    Referee: Craig Pawson
Stoke City 0-1 Liverpool                         Referee: Anthony Taylor
West Brom 0-1 Manchester City             Referee: Mike Dean
These seven referees had good matches with little controversy. Nice work by them and their crews.