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.