Untold Ref Review: Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 0 Newcastle United, and a strange decision not given

Today’s referee is Andre Marriner – A game that was over after 20 minutes. But we take the whole game in account when we give points to the ref. What was his final score.

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Andre Marriner (2012-02-11)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
4	GOAL	Tottenham		C	Correct goal	3
5	OFFSIDE	Tottenham		C	assumed correct	1
6	GOAL	Tottenham		C	Correct goal	3
8	OFFSIDE	Tottenham		C	assumed correct	1
11	OTHER	Parker	Gutierrez	C	Ball and man coming from behind is a foul	1
14	PENALTY	Adebayor		C	When a Newcastle Player jumped over the ball it his his hand when he was sliding on the floor, made no movement, so correct no call	3
20	GOAL	Tottenham		C	Correct goal	3
22	OTHER	Santon	Saha	NC	Clear trip, Adebayor shoots but it goes wide, should have gone back to the foul just outside the penalty area	1
24	OTHER	Parker	Ba	C	Came in from behind	1
24	YELLOW	Parker		C	second tackle from behind and this time no chance of playing the ball	2
25	OTHER	Friedel		NC	Friedel touches the free kick and should have been a corner	1
31	OTHER	Adebayor	Ba	C	trip	1
32	OTHER	Dawson	Ba	C	assumed correct	1
34	GOAL	Tottenham		C	Correct goal	3
37	OTHER	Adebayor	Gutierrez	C	Push	1
39	OTHER	Walker	Santon	C	came with stud showing foot	1
39	YELLOW	Walker		C	Was dangerous, correct yellow card	2
45	OTHER	Colocini	Bale	C	High foot	1
45	OTHER	Bale	Colocini	NC	High foot, not given	1
45	OTHER	Simpson	Parker	NC	Another high foot but the first foul should have been given	1
46	OFFSIDE	Tottenham		C	assumed correct	1
48	OTHER	Newcastle?	Adebayor	NC	Tackle from behind man and ball is a foul	1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
48	OTHER	Kranjcar	Newcastle?	NC	Trip but advantage given. Possession is not the same as advantage ref. Foul in the Newcastle half with lots of defenders back and nothing opening up	1
51	OTHER	Simpson	Parker	C	Trip	1
52	OTHER	Santon	Modric	C	Trip	1
54	OTHER	Ferguson	Parker	NC	Ball and man is a foul	1
60	OTHER	Ekoto		NC	Back pass to the keeper, not given by the ref.*	2
64	GOAL	Tottenham		C	correct goal	3
70	OTHER	Gosling	Lennon	C	trip	1
70	YELLOW	Gosling		C	promising attack	2
73	OTHER	Guttierez	Lennon	NC	push not given	1
75	OTHER	Parker	Guthrie	C	Trip	1
81	OTHER	Coloccini	Defoe	C	push	1
87	OTHER	Simpson	Adebayor	C	a bit wild kick	1
89	PENALTY	Coloccini	Defoe	C	Defoe makes a dive, ref doesn’t fall for it	3
89	YELLOW	Defoe		NC	Should have been punished with a yellow card	2
89	OTHER	Ba	Nelson	C	Assumed correct	1
89	OTHER	Coloccini	Defoe	NC	Defoe is stopped because of the arm of Coloccini but goes done a bit theatrically	1
92	OTHER	Tottenham		C	Assumed correct	1
93	OTHER	Tottenham		C	Assumed correct	1

The game was quickly over and the ref seemed to relax a bit after the first 20 minutes. And from that moment he started to make a few mistakes. People might notice the * in the review on the 60th minute. More about that in after the competency summary as this was a very special case that the ref missed.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Andre Marriner (2012-02-11)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	4	4	100.00
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	7	12	58.33
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
YELLOW	2	2	100.00
TOTAL	17	22	77.27
WEIGHTED	29	34	85.29
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OTHER	9	14	64.29
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
YELLOW	1	2	50.00
TOTAL	12	18	66.67
WEIGHTED	17	25	68.00
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	5	5	100.00
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	16	26	61.54
PENALTY	2	2	100.00
YELLOW	3	4	75.00
TOTAL	29	40	72.50
WEIGHTED	46	59	77.97

All in all a score just around acceptable in a game with little history. But it did contain a bit of history in the way that the ref made a big mistake in the 60th minute. And as always I feel glad about such a thing because it gives me the chance to highlight a part of the rules.

In the 60th minute Newcastle is in the attack and a cross flies past everyone and ends up with Essou-Ekoto. He controls the ball, then lifts the ball on to his knee and then lifts it to his head and then plays a back pass to Friedel. The ref let it go but he should have stopped the game and should have given an indirect free kick to Newcastle. Because and I take this from the laws of the game and the instructions for the referees where they talk about a back pass to the keeper:

There are different circumstances when a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour, e.g. if a player:

….

Uses a deliberate trick while the ball is in play to pass the ball to his own goalkeeper with his head, chest, knee, etc. in order to circumvent the Law, irrespective of whether the goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands or not. The offence is committed by the player in attempting to circumvent both the letter and the spirit of Law 12 and play is restarted with an indirect free kick.

….

So Essou-Ekoto did all this and the ref did nothing. Not give an indirect free kick to Newcastle and not give a yellow card against Essou-Ekoto.

An amazing incident for me and a bad miss from the ref. Maybe another example of his concentration not being completely up any more?

BIAS SUMMARY – Andre Marriner (2012-02-11)
Period 1	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Newcastle United	%	Total
Correct For	6	37.50	10	62.50	16
Correct For Weighted	16	59.26	11	40.74	27
Incorrect Against	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	4	57.14	3	42.86	7
Fouls Commited	10	71.43	4	28.57	14
Fouls Penalised	9	90.00	1	25.00	10
Period 2	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Newcastle United	%	Total
Correct For	8	66.67	4	33.33	12
Correct For Weighted	11	64.71	6	35.29	17
Incorrect Against	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	37.50	5	62.50	8
Fouls Commited	6	40.00	9	60.00	15
Fouls Penalised	4	66.67	6	66.67	10
Totals	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Newcastle United	%	Total
Correct For	14	50.00	14	50.00	28
Correct For Weighted	27	61.36	17	38.64	44
Incorrect Against	6	50.00	6	50.00	12
Incorrect Against Weighted	7	46.67	8	53.33	15
Fouls Commited	16	55.17	13	44.83	29
Fouls Penalised	13	81.25	7	53.85	20

But credit to the ref for keeping the wrong calls in balance. I actually cannot remember a game where the ref made the same number of mistakes for both teams.

So not the best score but even for both teams in the mistakes. And one surely big missed call like I explained earlier on.

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