The Untold ref review: Man City – Wigan 3-0

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Untold not only publishes reviews of Arsenal games from the ref’s point of view, but also, by way of comparison, reviews of other games too.  The aim is to see if any bias we spot is just something that crops up in Arsenal matches, or whether it is commonplace.

By Ref Reviewer 03

Next in our survey is Manchester City – Wigan. The final score was 3-0 for City. Ref in charge was Atkinson.

Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight
4 OTHER Kompany Di Santo C Tripping 1 1
7 OTHER McArthur Richards C Shoving 1 1
8 OTHER McArthur Richards C Pushing 1 1
13 GOAL C Aguero – goal okay 1 3
17 OTHER Richards Di Santo NC Tripping – not given 0 0
18 PENALTY Lopez Silva C Tripped up in the box 1 3
18 PENALTY Al Habsi NC Rarely given but Al Habsi had both feet off the line before Tevez took the penalty kick which was saved. Should have been retaken. 0 0
22 OTHER Rodallega Lescott C Foul – TV image inconclusive – assumed correct 1 1
26 OTHER McArthur YaYa C Shoving 1 1
36 OTHER Lescott Moses C Tripped Moses as he was going towards goal 1 1
36 YELLOW Lescott NC Lescott killed a good scoring chance – should have been booked. 0 0
45 OTHER Caldwell Silva C Raised boot caught Silva in the foot 1 1
45 YELLOW Caldwell NC Dangerous play deserved a yellow – not given 0 0
46 OTHER Richards Rodallega C Pushing 1 1
47 OTHER Rodallega Aguero NC Rodallega tugged on his arm, dispossessed, foul not given 0 0
Half time 10 14
CORRECT 66,67% 60,87%
YELLOW 0 2 0,00
RED 0 0
PENALTY 1 2 50,00
GOAL 1 1 100,00
OTHER 2 2 100,00
4 7 57,14
OFFSIDE 0 0
Second half
48 OTHER Lescott Figueroa C Pushing 1 1
53 PENALTY C Unintentional handball by Wigan – no penalty is correct 1 3
55 OTHER Di Santo Kompany C Holding 1 1
57 OTHER Milner Figueroa NC Milner slid in studs up to win a 40-60 ball, came off worse for it, Wigan maintained possession 0 0
61 OTHER YaYa Diame C Tripping 1 1
62 OTHER Richards Moses NC Richards shoved Moses – not given 0 0
63 GOAL C Aguero – goal okay 1 3
69 GOAL C Aguero – goal okay 1 3
72 OTHER Johnson Crusat NC Johnson pulled and tripped Crusat – not given 0 0
73 OTHER Diame Johnson C Tripping 1 1
74 OTHER Diame Silva C Pulling 1 1
79 OTHER Milner NC Handball – not given 0 0
80 OTHER Razak Crusat C Razak only on the pitch for 7 seconds makes a mistimed tackle 1 1
86 OFFSIDE Nasri C 1 1
90+2 OFFSIDE Balotelli C 1 1
2nd half score
TOTAL 11 17
% CORRECT 73,33% 80,95%
YELLOW 0 0
RED 0 0
PENALTY 1 1 100,00
GOAL 2 2 100,00
OTHER 0 1 0,00
3 4 75,00
OFFSIDE 2 2 100,00
TOTAL SCORE
TOTAL 21 31
% CORRECT 70,00% 70,45%
YELLOW 0 2 0,00
RED 0 0
PENALTY 2 3 66,67
GOAL 3 3 100,00
OTHER 2 3
7 11 63,64
OFFSIDE 2 2 100,00
Correct calls For Man City 12 57,14%
For Wigan 9 42,86%
Total correct calls 21
Wrong calls Against Man City 3 33,33%
Against Wigan 6 66,67%
Total 9

Not too many fouls in the match.  Both sides could have had a player booked though Martin Atkinson seemed to let a bit slide in this match and didn’t book anyone.  Missed calls favoured somewhat the home team, Manchester City, although the biggest non-call went against City.  Al Habsi had taken two full steps off his line when he saved a penalty from Carlos Tevez, and this should have been retaken.  In any case, Manchester City and Kun Aguero were too sharp for Wigan and rode out with a comfortable 3 – 0 win.

It looked to be the day of the clean games today. Maybe the players were too tired from the international games but not much fire in to the games we reviewed this weekend with little calls to make by the refs.

But still other reviews to come so maybe we will get some more controversy in the next days.

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3 Replies to “The Untold ref review: Man City – Wigan 3-0”

  1. Do we for the first time have a better ref performance in the second half than in the first half?
    Overall looks like it was an easy match to ref (and review). Perhaps a few too many calls against Wigan, but for the result it would have made no difference.
    Keep the reviews coming. Great work!

  2. Kentetsu I have to check it but this was exactly my thought also after receiving the ref review. But with me going to Dortmund didn’t have the time to check

  3. Walter.

    Do you work over 80% right being a excellent performance or more like 90% and say 75-80% being a good performance and 70-75% being average and below 70% being poor?

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