Untold Ref Review: Chelsea 2 – Man City 1. Low ref score, difficult game.

By Ref Reviewer 04

For the game Chelsea – Manchester City we had ref Clattenburg in charge. How was his game and what was his final score.

Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	points	weight
1	OTHER	Silva	Cole	C	High foot	1	1
2	GOAL	ManC		C	Correct goal, Balotelli was level with the defender	1	3
5	OFFSIDE	ManC		C	No replay shown	1	1
8	OTHER	Ramirez	Clichy	C	Clipped his heel when passing	1	1
12	OFFSIDE	ManC		C	No replay shown	1	1
13	PENALTY	Bosingwa	Silva	NC	Bosingwa sticks out a leg when Silva goes past him and doesn’t play the ball. Looked like a clear penalty to me	0	0
15	OTHER	Toure	Mereiles	NC	Toure touched the outside of the leg of Mereiles who lost the ball	0	0
15	OTHER	Bosingwa	Silva	NC	Just a slight contact with the arm and he throws his legs as if he is kicked	0	0
20	OTHER	Yaya	Mata	NC	Push in the back not given	0	0
20	RED	Yaya		NC	Yaya kicks Mata while he is on the floor. No ball insight as it has been kicked out by Yaya. The only punishment can be a red card. Did they like each other in Spain?	0	0
20	RED	Yaya		NC	When Mata confronts Yaya with his behaviour he gets another slap at the back of his head. Again Yaya can stay on the field. Mata is an honest boy and doesn’t fall to the floor like some Englishman did this season	0	0
23	OTHER	Balotelli	Bosingwa	C	Push	1	1
25	OFFSIDE	Chelsea		NC	Offside not given leading to a chance for Chelsea	0	0
30	OTHER	Meireles	Silva	C	Ref wanted to play advantage came back to the foul when advantage was lost	1	1
30	YELLOW	Meireles		NC	Dangerous tackle, high foot studs showing on the shin from the opponent should have been a yellow card	0	0
32	OTHER	Silva	Cole	C	Trip	1	1
34	GOAL	Chelsea		C	Correct goal	1	3
36	OTHER	Meireles	Zabaleta	C	Tackle studs showing on the shin	1	1
36	YELLOW	Meireles		C	Another dangerous tackle from Mereiles	1	2
36	RED	Meireles		NC	Should have been his second yellow card. Ref had a word with him telling him how lucky he must consider himself for still being on the field a minute later	0	0
39	OFFSIDE	ManC		C	Correct	1	1
40	OTHER	Milner		C	Handball	1	1
41	OTHER	Kompany	Drogba	C	Deliberate block	1	1
41	YELLOW	Kompany		C	Stopping a possible dangerous attack with a deliberate foul	1	2
46	OTHER	Meireles	Yaya	C	made contact with his leg	1	1
	Half time					16	22
			CORRECT			64,00%	55,00%
	YELLOW				2	3	66,67
	RED				0	2	0,00
	PENALTY				0	1	0,00
	GOAL				2	2	100,00
	OTHER				3	3	100,00
					7	11	63,64
	OFFSIDE				3	4	75,00
	Second half
46	OTHER	Yaya	Ramirez	NC	Yaya tries to plant his studs in the calf of Ramirez but just misses him. Nothing given	0	1
46	OTHER	Clichy	Sturridge	C	Pulling him by the arm	1	1
46	YELLOW	Clichy		C	Stopping a possible promising attack	1	2
50	OTHER	Romeu	Zabaleta	NC	Trip after the ball has been played	0	0
50	OTHER	Aguero	Cole	NC	Should have given the foul on Zabaleta seconds before	0	0
51	OTHER	Ivanovic	Balotelli	NC	Ivanovic climbs in the neck of Balotelli and holds him down with his arm in his neck	0	0
53	OTHER	Kompany	Mata	C	Kompany makes a tackle from behind after Mata playing the ball between his legs	1	1
53	YELLOW	Kompany		NC	Tackle from behind, should have been a yellow card	0	0
53	RED	Kompany		NC	Should have been his second yellow card and thus a red one	0	0
55	OTHER	Barry	Ramirez	NC	Clear obstruction as he throws himself in the path of Ramirez	0	0
57	OTHER	Balotelli	Sturridge	C	Trip	1	1
58	OTHER	Clichy	Ramirez	C	Came in late and tripped him clearly	1	1
58	RED	Clichy		C	Deliberate foul stopping a promising attack, second yellow card so re	1	3
62	OTHER	Aguero	Romeu	C	Trip	1	1
63	OTHER	Romeu	Balotelli	C	came in a bit wild in the air	1	1
63	YELLOW	Romeu		NC	Was a foul but not much contact but Balotelli made the most of it	0	0
64	OTHER	Balotelli	Ramirez	C	Push	1	1
66	OTHER	Silva	Mata	C	Obstruction	1	1
72	OTHER	Bosingwa	Balotelli	C	Balotelli fell like a dying swan but the defender was holding him by his arm for a while	1	1
74	OTHER	Ramirez	Balotelli	C	Ramirez plays the ball with his left leg but swings with his right leg around the legs of Balotelli	1	1
74	YELLOW	Ramirez		C	A scissor tackle, correct yellow card	1	2
77	OTHER	Barry	Bosingwa	C	Push	1	1
78	OTHER	Drogba	Zabaleta	C	Late tackle	1	1
78	YELLOW	Drogba		C	Late and from behind, correct card	1	2
79	OTHER	Mata	De Jong	C	Trip	1	1
82	PENALTY	Lescott		C	Lescott puts his hands in the air and blocks the shot from Sturridge. Got to keep the hands low and close to the body. Correct penalty	1	3
82	GOAL	Chelsea		C	correct	1	3
86	OTHER	Bosingwa	Balotelli	C	High foot but what a theatre talent this Balotelli is when you need a dying swan	1	1
88	OTHER	Balotelli	Romeu	C	Trip	1	1
89	OTHER	Barry	Mikel	C	Push	1	1
89	OTHER	Zabaleta	Drogba	C	Block	1	1
90	OTHER			C	Ref overrules the assistant who gave the ball to City	1	1
91	OTHER	Yaya	Bosingwa	C	Obstruction	1	1
92	OTHER	Lampard	Balotelli	NC	Trip	0	0
94	OTHER	Balotelli	Mikel	C	Push	1	1
			2nd half score
	TOTAL					24	33
	%		CORRECT			68,57%	75,00%
	YELLOW				4	6	66,67
	RED				1	2	50,00
	PENALTY				1	1	100,00
	GOAL				1	1	100,00
	OTHER				6	6	100,00
					13	16	81,25
	OFFSIDE				0	0
			TOTAL SCORE
	TOTAL					40	55
	%		CORRECT			66,67%	65,48%
	YELLOW				6	9	66,67
	RED				1	4	25,00
	PENALTY				1	2	50,00
	GOAL				3	3	100,00
	OTHER				9	9	100,00
					20	27	74,07
	OFFSIDE				3	4	75,00
	Correct calls		For Chelsea		27	65,85%
			For MC		14	34,15%
			Total correct calls		41
	Wrong calls		Against Chelsea		10	62,50%
			Against MC		6	37,50%
			Total		16
	Total fouls made by		Chelsea		15	37,50%
			MC		25	62,50%
			Total		40
	Important wrong calls		Against Chelsea		2	40,00%
			Against MC		3	60,00%
					5

 

Lots of talking points. The not given penalty for City. A clear one for me. And after that I had the feeling that he started compensating a bit in favour of City to make up for his mistake. Never a good idea for a ref.

The fact that Yaya Toure made it on the pitch till the final whistle was amazing. His kick against the thigh of Mata when on the ground was a red card. After that a slap when Mata told him he didn’t like it at all. I wonder if there has been some bad blood between them from in Spain? It could be that the ref didn’t see it but I really wonder why the Fa didn’t take any action on this and banned him after the game. Kicking an opponent with the ball nowhere to be seen near is a red card. No excuses for this.

Mereiles also should have had his marching orders and so should Kompany. Both with 2 yellow cards.

The penalty for Chelsea was justified. Lescott came in with his arms raised and away from his body to make a block on the ball. The ref had in my opinion no other option but to give a penalty.

So a rather low score for the ref in a difficult game.