Untold Ref Review: Liverpool 0 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur

Today’s referee is Michael Oliver – The game with the Anfield cat as the most entertaining moment to remember but did the ref had a night to remember?

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Michael Oliver (2012-02-06)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
1	OTHER	Adebayor		C	Handball	1
4	OTHER	Adam	Walker	C	Obstruction	1
5	OTHER	Dawson	Carrol	C	Dawson played the ball, correct non call from the ref	1
5	OTHER	Krancjar	Adam	C	advantage given, waited a while before giving the signal to make sure	1
6	OTHER	Parker	Johnson	C	Trip	1
9	OTHER	Johnson	Adebayor	NC	Push, not given	1
12	OTHER			C	Ref stops play as the Anfield cat enters the field	2
19	OTHER	Ekoto	Kuyt	C	Jumped in his back	1
30	OTHER	Adebayor	Bellamy	C	Blocked him	1
31	OTHER	Dawson	Carrol	C	Jumped in his back	1
31	OFFSIDE	Liverpool		C	correct decision	1
33	OTHER	Parker	Kuyt	C	Push	1
37	OTHER	Parker		C	assumed correct	1
38	OTHER	Krancjar	Johnson	NC	Krancjar comes in with the arm leading, always give such a foul	1
38	YELLOW	Krancjar		NC	Always give a card, in this case a yellow would have been enough	2
38	OTHER	Kuyt	Friedel	NC	Kuyt stands in front of the goalkeeper when a corner is taken and blocks the run of Friedel. Always a foul ref	1
39	OTHER	Livermore?	Gerrard	C	Trip, advantage given	1
39	OTHER	Parker	Adam	C	Tackle from the side	1
39	YELLOW	Parker		C	Came late	2
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
50	PENALTY	Dawson	Bellamy	C	Correct non call, Dawson just put his body between ball and player	3
54	OTHER	Agger	Bale	C	A dive from Bale. Well spotted from the ref	1
54	YELLOW	Bale		C	A dive is always a yellow card and Bale also pushed Agger away when Agger confronted him for his dive	2
56	OTHER	Adam	Kranjcar	NC	Push in the back not given	1
57	OTHER	Ekoto	Kuyt	C	Assumed correct, replays shown	1
61	PENALTY	Dawson	Carroll	NC	Dawson clearly pushed Carroll just when he tries to jump for a header. Should have been a penalty	3
66	OTHER	Johnson	Bale	C	Trip	1
70	OTHER	Suarez	Parker	C	First a push and then just a kick in the stomach	1
70	RED	Suarez		NC	A deliberate kick in the stomach, the ball not even close should have been a red card	3
76	OTHER	Skrtel	Bale	C	Flyikng tackle	1
76	YELLOW	Skrtel		C	Pointing that you got a bit of the ball is not important with such a tackle. Deserved yellow card and close to a red one	2
79	OTHER	Ekoto	Suarez	C	Push	1
80	YELLOW	Carroll		NC	For the umpteenth time Carroll complains by the ref and shouts at him. Ref shows some balls and give him a card and make him stop with this silly behaviour	2
81	OTHER	Kranjcar	Agger	C	Block	1
82	OTHER	Skrtel	Friedel	C	Skrtel came in with a high foot on the keeper	1
85	OTHER	Saha	Adam	C	Trip	1
90	OTHER	Suarez		C	Handball	1
91	OTHER	Skrtel	Saha	C	Blocked him with the arm	1
94	OTHER	Saha	Skrtel	C	Push	1
94	OTHER	Carroll		C	Handball	1

All in all a very even game from the ref. But still a few missing things. A clear push from Dawson when Carroll wanted to go for a header was missed. This is maybe because the ref was not looking to where the ball could end but was looking at the ball in its flight. A stupid technical mistake maybe.

The second miss was a red card for Suarez who kicked Parker in the stomach when the ball was 1 meter higher. This was dangerous and should have been a red card. The ref settled for a yellow card.

A good moment was the Bale dive and more importantly the ref not falling for it. And a dive even in midfield is a yellow card.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-06)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	1	1	100.00
OTHER	13	16	81.25
YELLOW	1	2	50.00
TOTAL	15	19	78.95
WEIGHTED	16	21	76.19
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
OTHER	13	14	92.86
PENALTY	1	2	50.00
RED	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	2	3	66.67
TOTAL	16	20	80.00
WEIGHTED	18	27	66.67
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	1	1	100.00
OTHER	26	30	86.67
PENALTY	1	2	50.00
RED	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	3	5	60.00
TOTAL	31	39	79.49
WEIGHTED	34	48	70.83

The score is very even over the whole 90 minutes. A score of just under 80% is okay but in the weighted decisions you see a drop of some 10%. So he sees the fouls but has to be sure to punish it when it matters most.

BIAS SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-06)
Period 1	Liverpool	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	12	75.00	4	25.00	16
Correct For Weighted	13	76.47	4	23.53	17
Incorrect Against	2	50.00	2	50.00	4
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	60.00	2	40.00	5
Fouls Commited	4	26.67	11	73.33	15
Fouls Penalised	2	50.00	10	90.91	12
Period 2	Liverpool	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	7	43.75	9	56.25	16
Correct For Weighted	8	40.00	12	60.00	20
Incorrect Against	1	25.00	3	75.00	4
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	33.33	6	66.67	9
Fouls Commited	9	56.25	7	43.75	16
Fouls Penalised	7	77.78	6	85.71	13
Totals	Liverpool	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	19	59.38	13	40.63	32
Correct For Weighted	21	56.76	16	43.24	37
Incorrect Against	3	37.50	5	62.50	8
Incorrect Against Weighted	6	42.86	8	57.14	14
Fouls Commited	13	41.94	18	58.06	31
Fouls Penalised	9	69.23	16	88.89	25

The incorrect decisions are very much in what we could consider the 60/40 home advantage. An important miss for both teams (penalty – red card) but in a game with little history apart from a cat entering the field a rather good score for the ref in general.