Untold Ref Review : Tottenham 4 – Liverpool 0

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By Ref Reviewer 04

For the game between Tottenham and Liverpool we had ref M. Jones at the whistle. His final score can be found here.

Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight
6 OFFSIDE Caroll C 1 1
7 GOAL Tottenham C Modric scores – correct goal 1 3
9 OTHER Adebayor Enrique C First foul was from Adebayor 1 1
11 OTHER Adebayor C Handball 1 1
12 OTHER Adam Modric C Trip 1 1
12 YELLOW Adam NC A bit harsh I think not a real kick more a bit of a tangle between the two players in midfield with not really a possible promising attack 0 1
18 GOAL/OFFSIDE Suarez C Suarez was in an offside position just before he scored. Correct that the goal was disallowed 1 3
20 OTHER Adebayor Skrtel C High foot – his third foul in 20 minutes 1 1
22 OTHER King Suarez C Push in the back 1 1
23 OFFSIDE Skrtel C 1 1
24 OTHER Adebayor Caroll C Kick 1 1
24 YELLOW Adebayor C Fourth foul in 25 minutes 1 2
28 OTHER Adam Parker C Studs on Parker his leg. To Adam his defence he didn’t see him coming because he was watching the ball. 1 1
28 YELLOW/RED Adam C A yellow card was correct. This was his second and so he got the red card. The first was a bit harsh I thought 1 2
31 OTHER Lucas Bale NC Two fouls in a row nothing given 0 0
32 OTHER Caroll Defoe C Defoe throws himself to the ground. Ref and linesman don’t fall for it 1 1
33 OTHER Defoe Lucas C Trip 1 1
35 OTHER Skrtel Bale C Held him off with his arm 1 1
35 YELLOW Skrtel C Bringing a player down after a long spring is mostly punished with a yellow card 1 2
39 OTHER Coates Adebayor C Tackle on the ankle from behind 1 1
39 YELLOW Coates C No discussion about this yellow card 1 2
42 OTHER Suarez Parker NC Suarez seemed to throw an arm at Parker but ref gave nothing or didn’t see it. 0 0
44 OTHER Modric C Handball 1 1
46 OTHER Lucas Parker C High foot 1 1
47 OTHER King ? C Bending in to his man 1 1
48 OTHER Essou Ekoto Suarez NC Seemed a push in the back but not given 0 0
48 YELLOW Suarez C Suarez showed his temper and I think he made signals with his arms towards the assistant. Not allowed such behaviour 1 2
Half time 23 33
CORRECT 85,19% 86,84%
YELLOW 5 6 83,33
RED 0 1 0,00
PENALTY 0 0
GOAL 1 1 100,00
OTHER 5 6 83,33
11 14 78,57
OFFSIDE 2 2 100,00
Second half
46 OTHER King Caroll C 1 1
48 OTHER Modric Henderson C Trip 1 1
50 PENALTY Essou Ekoto Caroll NC The defender was holding the striker by the arm so he couldn’t jump for the cross. 0 0
52 OTHER Kaboul Suarez C Push in the back 1 1
53 OFFSIDE Suarez C 1 1
53 OTHER Caroll Bale NC Clear tackle from behind getting man and ball. Always a foul ref 0 0
54 OTHER Enrique Walker C Held him by the arm 1 1
58 OTHER Defoe Skrtel NC Swings an arm in the face of the defender. Nothing given 0 0
58 RED Defoe NC For a not so big man his arm was very high in the face of Skrtel. He escapes a red card 0 0
59 OTHER Kaboul Suarez NC Suarez is looking for the foul and goes down with no contact made 0 0
63 OTHER Skrtel Bale C Kick from behind 1 1
63 YELLOW/RED Skrtel C No option for the ref to give the second yellow and a red 1 3
65 OFFSIDE Adebayor C 1 1
66 GOAL Defoe C Defoe was level so onside 1 3
67 GOAL Adebayor C Adebayor was onside – correct goal 1 3
68 OTHER Vdvaart Lucas C Trip 1 1
70 OTHER Parker C Handball 1 1
75 OTHER Bale Reina C Jumping in to the keeper 1 1
76 OTHER Kaboul Caroll NC Jumps in the back, ref signals advantage but Liverpool lose the ball. Should come back to the foul 0 0
76 OTHER Lucas VDVaart C Obstruction 1 1
80 OFFSIDE Adebayor C Came back 1 1
93 GOAL Adebayor C On side – correct goal 1 3
2nd half score
TOTAL 16 24
% CORRECT 72,73% 70,59%
YELLOW 1 1 100,00
RED 1 2 50,00
PENALTY 0 1 0,00
GOAL 3 3 100,00
OTHER 1 2 50,00
5 8 66,67
OFFSIDE 3 3 100,00
TOTAL SCORE
TOTAL 39 57
% CORRECT 79,59% 79,17%
YELLOW 6 7 85,71
RED 0 2 0,00
PENALTY 0 1 0,00
GOAL 4 4 100,00
OTHER 6 8 75,00
16 22 72,73
OFFSIDE 5 5 100,00
Correct calls For Tottenham 21 55,26%
For Liverpool 17 44,74%
Total correct calls 38
Wrong calls Against Tottenham 4 36,36%
Against Liverpool 7 63,64%
Total 11

A bit of a mixed game from the ref. Adam got a yellow for his first foul which wasn’t that bad a foul. A foul you can see some 10 times in a game. His second was a well deserved yellow card but because of the first he had to go. I can understand some frustration from Liverpool.

A not given penalty on Caroll when Essou Ekoto was holding Caroll by the arm so he couldn’t jump was only adding to the frustration. As did the unpunished fore arm in the face of Skrtel from Defoe.

What Skrtel was thinking when he kicked in to Bale for his second yellow card is beyond me. Or was it the frustration for the unpunished arm that was smacked in his face that was still upon him? After that the game was over and done with 9 men on the pitch. But it took Liverpool being down to 9 men before they really broke down.

So a few important decisions going against Liverpool in this game but still an acceptable score for the ref at the end of the game.

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