It was a busy Sunday afternoon for Mark Clattenburg, who had two big calls to make.
13th Minute: West Brom's Callum McManaman is dribbling around at the top of the area when he is tripped up by a lunging Nemanja Matic. It was a very easy call for Clattenburg, who sees the contact and points to the spot.
54th Minute: Salomon Rondon is running forward towards goal when he is given a light tug from behind by Chelsea captain John Terry. Clattenburg shows Terry a straight red and many argue that the contact was very minimal and Rondon went down too easy but I still think that there was enough contact to slow Rondon's run down. Nice job by Clattenburg to be able to make the big call.
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Pawson himself had a quiet match, but his assistant found himself at the center of controversy.
4th Minute: Wayne Rooney appears to give United a 1-0 lead after finishing a through ball from Adrian Januzaj but assistant Lee Betts raises his flag. It was a very tight play, but it looks to me like Rooney was in line with the last defender and therefore the goal should've counted.
Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa Referee: Keith Stroud
Stroud, who is one of three referees from the football league who will be getting Premier League matches this season, did very well in this match and is likely in the lead for a promotion next season.
60th Minute: Dwight Gayle sends the Palace fans into celebration when he appears to open the scoring with a nice strike on the hour mark. At first Stroud signals for a goal, but after talking to his assistant Peter Kirkup he disallows the goal because it took a deflection off of James McArthur, who was in an offsides position. Great teamwork from Stroud and Kirkup to get the call right.
West Ham United 3-4 Bournemouth Referee: Jonathan Moss
Moss had an excellent match, correctly calling two penalties, one of which resulted in a red card.
48th Minute: West Ham's Mark Noble is dribbling at the top of the area when Joshua King lunges in and trips him up. Easy penalty call for Moss, who correctly points to the spot.
79th Minute: Max Gradel of Bournemouth is running in on goal when he is tripped up from behind in the box by Carl Jenkinson. Moss correctly calls a penalty and also sends off Jenkinson for Denial of an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity. Great work by the 2015 FA Cup final referee.
Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal Referee: Michael Oliver
It was a quiet Monday night for Oliver himself but the same can't be said for AR Simon Bennett, who faced criticism for a questionable offsides decision early in the match.
8th Minute: Aaron Ramsey appears to give Arsenal an early lead after he finishes off a Santi Cazorla through ball in the 8th minute but linesman Simon Bennett signals for offsides. To me, it looks like Ramsey was in line with the last defender and therefore the goal should have stood. Big mistake by Bennett to raise the flag.
Leicester City 1-1 Tottenham Referee: Martin Atkinson
Norwich City 1-1 Stoke City Referee: Mike Dean
Sunderland 1-1 Swansea Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Everton 0-2 Manchester City Referee: Anthony Taylor
Watford 0-0 Southampton Referee: Andre Marriner
Atkinson, Dean, Swarbrick, Taylor, and Marriner all had quiet games with little controversy to speak of. Nice work by those three and their crews.
john terry's red card against west brom was as clear as you would see from the replays provided from the hawthorns good call by referee mark Clattenburg.
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