Premier League Review Week 14

Manchester City 3-1 Southampton         Referee: Roger East
East found himself at the center of controversy after he missed two clear handballs that prevented goals.
20th Minute: City's Fernandinho beats the Southampton keeper with a powerful strike, only have his shot blocked by Steven Davis' outstretched arm. East doesn't call a foul, but he should've called a penalty and sent off Long for DOGSO.
61st Minute: Southampton's Shane Long gets a volley to head towards the goal, when Fernandinho knocks the ball out with his arm. Again, East doesn't see the infraction, and I think this should've been a penalty and a yellow card for Fernandinho.

Sunderland 2-0 Stoke City                      Referee: Mike Dean
Dean once again found himself facing criticism after a questionable dismissal of a Stoke player.
47th Minute: Stoke Captain Ryan Shawcross is already booked when he makes a sliding challenge on Duncan Watmore, appearing to win the ball cleanly. Dean sees this challenge as a foul that stopped a promising attack, and shows Shawcross a second yellow, which is unfortunately an incorrect decision.

Liverpool 1-0 Swansea City                   Referee: Anthony Taylor
Taylor himself didn't have a big decision to make, but his linesman had to deal with serious criticism over his decision on a handball that led to Liverpool's only goal of the match.
61st Minute: Jordan Ibe's cross appears to hit the semi-tucked arm of Swansea's Neil Taylor, which AR Simon Beck sees as a penalty and informs the referee Taylor, who points to the spot. Swansea were upset over the fact that Neil Taylor couldn't have done anything to avoid the ball hitting his arm, since he was so close to Ibe at the time of the cross. However, I agree with the linesman, since Neil Taylor could have easily fully tucked his arm to avoid contact.

Bournemouth 3-3 Everton                                      Referee: Kevin Friend
Leicester City 1-1 Manchester United                   Referee: Craig Pawson
Crystal Palace 5-1 Newcastle                                 Referee: Paul Tierney
Aston Villa 2-3 Watford                                         Referee: Lee Mason
Tottenham 0-0 Chelsea                                           Referee: Michael Oliver
West Ham United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion      Referee: Martin Atkinson
Norwich City 1-1 Arsenal                                       Referee: Jonathan Moss
These seven referees all had strong performances with nothing to go in depth on. Nice work by them and their crews.

My apologies for not publishing much recently. I'll try to do more in December.