After contributing a "fantastic performance" against Manchester City on New Year's Day, Stewart Artwell's name will not soon be forgotten by Arsenal fans, but how many people know that he was once suspended from the Premier League for 4 years due to some mega mistakes.
In this game, Arsenal fans can cite Atwell's many problematic decisions, and politely speaking, the referee's level of enforcement has not kept pace with the Premier League.
And that's not counting the match against Everton, where Fuan Jianyang was stomped in the face, but Atwell didn't say anything.
According to media statistics, Atwell has played 25 Arsenal games as a referee or video assistant referee, the Gunners have only won 9 games and won 4 red cards, and as a video assistant referee, they have enforced 8 Arsenal games, higher than other Premier League teams, and the Gunners have won 3 games and won 3 red cards.
Atwell, 39, from Warwickshire, was once the youngest referee to enforce the Premier League and was expelled from the Premier League for four years for poor performance.
Just a month after being promoted to Select Group, Artwell awarded Reading a goal that was (probably) in addition to the bottom line, not over the goal line.
He then sent the Watford manager red card for complaining about it.
He had awarded Liverpool a goal against Sunderland, when the Black Cats players thought it was dead balls.
Sunderland won a free kick and Michael Turner heeled the ball to the goalkeeper.
Artwell decided the ball was live and thought Kuyt's goal was valid.
Even commentators who broadcast the game mentioned the mistake as if they had been "following" him.
Atwell also sent Bolton's Gary Cahill off for ruining Tottenham's apparent chances of scoring goals, although the foul occurred near the midfield.
The red card was subsequently cancelled, but the result of Tottenham's profit will not change.
In 2010, Roberto Martinez accused Artwell of lying about the reasons for sending Gary Cardwell off, while Stoke City's HigginBotum thought Atwell might be too susceptible to player influence.
The referee was also accused of "losing control" of derby county's match against Nottingham Forest when he blew out two derbyshire goals at the end of the game, played cards against two players and sent Nottingham McGugan off.
After the match against Manchester City, Arsenal assistant coach Steven Berg spoke about penalties and players being sent off. "Of course, I think there are moments in the game that determine the outcome."
"First of all, in the first half of the case of Erdegaard I think it was an obvious penalty, at least the referee should re-check it, and then the penalty received by the opponent in the second half, the scale of the penalty is not consistent."
"Gabriel's red card was also an important milestone, but to be fair, we still had a very good performance against a strong team with only ten defenders left. Getting a 0 in the final moment is very frustrating. ”
Stevenberg then asked reporters if they understood why Gabriel won his first yellow card because he didn't touch the penalty spot. "That's not what the players told me."
'He just objected to the referee and the other players confirmed it, it was just an ordinary remark, but the referee gave him a yellow card, but in the end it didn't matter because if you get a yellow card you have to control your emotions better.