Today’s referee is Michael Oliver –
| MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Michael Oliver (2012-02-25) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | |||||||
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | Weight | |
| 1 | OFFSIDE | Chelsea | C | assumed correct | 1 | ||
| 3 | OFFSIDE | Chelsea | NC | Not correct Drogba was clearly on side when the ball was played | 1 | ||
| 4 | OTHER | Ngog | Luiz | C | Push | 1 | |
| 5 | OTHER | Pratley | Lampard | C | Jumped in to him | 1 | |
| 12 | OTHER | Muamba | Essien | C | held him | 1 | |
| 17 | OFFSIDE | Chelsea | C | correct | 1 | ||
| 18 | OTHER | Drogba | Wheater | C | little push in the back of the defender | 1 | |
| 19 | OTHER | Reo Cocker | Drogba | C | Trip | 1 | |
| 22 | OTHER | Ramirez | C | He didn’t take the throw at the right place I think | 1 | ||
| 24 | OTHER | Reo Cocker | Luiz | C | Trip | 1 | |
| 25 | OTHER | Pratley | NC | Handball given but first there was a foul on Pratley from Luiz who tripped him | 1 | ||
| 26 | OTHER | Reo Cocker | Mata | C | Came in and touched the man | 1 | |
| 31 | OTHER | Luiz | Pratley | C | Held his arm on his shoulder when going in the air | 1 | |
| 33 | OTHER | Bolton | C | Throw in wrong taken, lifted his foot | 1 | ||
| 33 | OTHER | Ngog | Essien | C | Trip | 1 | |
| 34 | OTHER | Muamba | Mata | C | Trip | 1 | |
| 40 | OTHER | Ngog | Luiz | C | Pull | 1 | |
| 43 | OTHER | Pratley | C | Threw himself to the ground on the edge of the penalty area | 1 | ||
| 43 | YELLOW | Pratley | C | a dive is a dive and should be carded | 2 | ||
| 43 | OFFSIDE | Chelsea | NC | Again a mistake by the linesman | 1 | ||
| Period 2 | |||||||
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | Weight | |
| 46 | OTHER | Luiz | Tuncay | C | Pulled him down | 1 | |
| 48 | GOAL | Chelsea | C | correct goal | 3 | ||
| 54 | OTHER | Ream | Mata | C | Push | 1 | |
| 55 | PENALTY | Bolton? | Sturridge | NC | Sturridge is held by his defender, nothing given. Should have been a penalty, holding was long and with both arms | 3 | |
| 55 | OTHER | NC | Myachi clears the headed effort with a back-heel from the line, should have been a corner | 1 | |||
| 58 | OTHER | Muamba | Mata | NC | Came in with a stretched leg and studs showing, nothing given | 1 | |
| 58 | YELLOW | Muamba | NC | Should have been a yellow card | 2 | ||
| 61 | GOAL | Chelsea | C | correct goal | 3 | ||
| 65 | OFFSIDE | Bolton | C | Assumed correct | 1 | ||
| 67 | OTHER | Cole | Tuncay | C | Trip | 1 | |
| 71 | OTHER | Drogba | Tuncay | C | Kick on the shin | 1 | |
| 71 | YELLOW | Drogba | NC | A bad kick, hurting himself in the process and needles foul near the Bolton goal line, should have gotten a card | 2 | ||
| 72 | OFFSIDE | Bolton | C | Assumed correct | 1 | ||
| 76 | OTHER | Ramirez | Eagles | C | Trip | 1 | |
| 77 | OTHER | Mata | C | Handball? | 1 | ||
| 79 | GOAL | Chelsea | C | correct goal | 3 | ||
| 81 | OTHER | Steinson | Mata | NC | Kicked him on his foot, not given | 1 | |
| 81 | OTHER | Mata | steinson | NC | Mata comes in and threathnes to kick him, a bit of a reaction on the not given foul a few seconds earlier. | 1 | |
| 82 | PENALTY | Sordell | C | goes down with no contact, correct nothing given | 3 | ||
| 83 | OTHER | C | Ref stops game after clash of heads | 1 | |||
| 90 | OTHER | Ricketts | Mata | C | push in the back | 3 | |
When I started reviewing the game I suddenly realised it had a healthy Fabrice Muamba on the pitch. And this was just a few hours after what happened last Saturday. Another example on how things in life can change so quickly.
On to the game: a rather easy game in fact. Not many fouls, not many incidents. A very flat first half with only one yellow card for a dive and a correct call from the ref and a correct card. A few mistakes but not that many.
The second half was not as good as the first half. I’m sorry to say Muamba escaped a yellow card for a tackle when he showed his studs.
The ref let a few things and cards go and this lowered his score.
| COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-25) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Called | Total | Correct % | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 2 | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
| OTHER | 14 | 15 | 93.33 | ||||
| YELLOW | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 17 | 20 | 85.00 | ||||
| WEIGHTED | 18 | 21 | 85.71 | ||||
| Period 2 | Called | Total | Correct % | ||||
| GOAL | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | ||||
| OTHER | 8 | 12 | 66.67 | ||||
| PENALTY | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| YELLOW | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 14 | 21 | 66.67 | ||||
| WEIGHTED | 21 | 32 | 65.63 | ||||
| Totals | Called | Total | Correct % | ||||
| GOAL | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 4 | 6 | 66.67 | ||||
| OTHER | 22 | 27 | 81.48 | ||||
| PENALTY | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| YELLOW | 1 | 3 | 33.33 | ||||
| TOTAL | 31 | 41 | 75.61 | ||||
| WEIGHTED | 39 | 53 | 73.58 | ||||
All in all his overall score was above 70%. He missed a penalty in favour if Chelsea when Sturridge was held and also missed the back-heel from Myachy and didn’t give a corner to Chelsea.
| BIAS SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-25) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Chelsea | % | Bolton Wanderers | % | Total |
| Correct For | 12 | 70.59 | 5 | 29.41 | 17 |
| Correct For Weighted | 13 | 72.22 | 5 | 27.78 | 18 |
| Incorrect Against | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 3 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 3 |
| Fouls Commited | 6 | 35.29 | 11 | 64.71 | 17 |
| Fouls Penalised | 5 | 83.33 | 11 | 100.00 | 16 |
| Period 2 | Chelsea | % | Bolton Wanderers | % | Total |
| Correct For | 8 | 57.14 | 6 | 42.86 | 14 |
| Correct For Weighted | 18 | 75.00 | 6 | 25.00 | 24 |
| Incorrect Against | 6 | 85.71 | 1 | 14.29 | 7 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 9 | 81.82 | 2 | 18.18 | 11 |
| Fouls Commited | 5 | 41.67 | 7 | 58.33 | 12 |
| Fouls Penalised | 5 | 100.00 | 4 | 57.14 | 9 |
| Totals | Chelsea | % | Bolton Wanderers | % | Total |
| Correct For | 20 | 64.52 | 11 | 35.48 | 31 |
| Correct For Weighted | 31 | 73.81 | 11 | 26.19 | 42 |
| Incorrect Against | 8 | 80.00 | 2 | 20.00 | 10 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 11 | 78.57 | 3 | 21.43 | 14 |
| Fouls Commited | 11 | 37.93 | 18 | 62.07 | 29 |
| Fouls Penalised | 10 | 90.91 | 15 | 83.33 | 25 |
There was not such a thing as home bias or big team bias to be seen in this game. Most wrong calls went against Chelsea who was the home team. But because of Chelsea winning the game comfortably it didn’t matter at the end of the day.
As an Arsenal fan, I just have to point out Ryo’s clearance off the line at 55′ — all that flair and he tracks back, too?!
I agree to everything apart from what you said at the end of the report.
Quote “But because of Chelsea winning the game comfortably it didn’t matter at the end of the day.”
Im sorry but these reviews are to encourage everyone to look at scrutinize and bring attention to poor performances of the PGMOL officials and hopefuly improve the standards currently accepted by far to many.
It does matter at the end of the day…. if a REF was poor just because Chelsea won doesnt mean he shouldnt be castigated for the crap type of performance we see week in and week out, most of the wrong calls against Chelsea or any team shouldnt happen.
Oh and appologies if that sounds nit picky I appreciate all the hard work that goes in to these reports…..I just think all of the PGMOL officals should be held accountable for their performances regardless of the result of an individual match.
Here (minute 43), and in the ManC – Blackburn review too, it says “should be carded”, but the decision to not give a card is still shown as C(orrect) in the table, as well as in the table with competency summary. Should that not be N/C and 0 out of 1 for the Period 1 competency summary?
All right, from the conclusion I understand that Pratley was indeed carded, but “should be carded” is not the best word choice, in my opinion. It seems as if the ref should issue the card, but did not.