This season, the enforcement standard of Premier League referees has once again set a new ceiling. In almost every Premier League round, the referee team (including VAR) will make a bit of a monster moth, disgusting the players on the field and the spectators on the field.
This past week was no exception, with Liverpool drawing 2-2 at home to leaders Arsenal in the early hours of this morning, Beijing time. Reds defender Robertson was hit by an elbow by a lineman and sparked controversy, and Premier League referee companies announced they would investigate.
At the end of the first half, Robertson argued with the linesman for a penalty and was hit in the throat by linesman Konstantin Hazyzakis. Liverpool captain Henderson was furious and dealt with the refereeing team.
The video released by Sky Sports showed the linesman raising his elbow and hitting Robertson in the throat, and Robertson looked confused, touching his own throat and talking to Salah. Robertson was also shown a yellow card by referee Paul Tierney.
The referee elbow hitter, it's really a long time to see. Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville said: "I've never seen a referee elbow player and he's going to have a lot of trouble after the game. ”
The controversial move quickly sparked public opinion, and the English Professional Referee Company (PGMOL), which is responsible for the work of referees in the Premier League, issued an official announcement that it will launch an investigation:
PGMOL is aware of the incident involving assistant referee Konstantin Hazyzakis and Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson during the half-break of the match against Arsenal. After the competition, we will review the matter in its entirety. ”
PGMOL also apologized to Brighton, who suffered a major miscalculation last Saturday. PGMOL director Howard Webb has been in contact with Brighton to admit Kaoru Mikasa deserved a penalty for being violated.
Tottenham's 2-1 Brighton match resulted in quite a bit of controversial penalties, the worst being in the 71st minute, when Tottenham midfielder Hoibel tripped over Kaoru Mikasa in the box, but the referee on duty Atwell did not say this, and VAR did not intervene to remind him.
Refereeing head Webb admitted that Mikasa's tripping over Hoibel was a definite foul and Brighton deserved a penalty.
In that match, Atwell also blew off two goals by Kaoru Mikasa and Welbeck, of which the three-goal king was blown off, and VAR determined that he had the handball before the goal, but the replay showed that the ball actually hit the chest of the three-ball king, not the arm.
To Brighton's anger, this is the third time they have received an official apology from a referee this season and the Seagulls have been forced to stage a "hat-trick of forgiveness".
This has previously been the referee's firm twice admitting misjudgment against Brighton:
On 11 February this year, Brighton were 1-1 away at Crystal Palace, Brighton scored a goal by Pévis, but VAR ruled he was offside and cancelled the goal. It was actually video assistant referee John Brooks who made a mistake in drawing the offside line, and Pevis was not offside.
In the round of 16 before the start of the World Cup last November, Brighton 1-2 Villa, March was brought down by Digne in the box and deserved a penalty, but the refereeing team insisted after looking at VAR.
In these three games alone, if the referee had given reasonable penalties, Brighton could have scored 7-9 points, only 1 point in the end, and at least 6 points were hacked! Otherwise, they now have a good chance of hitting the top four.
We all know that the referee's decision on the spot cannot be changed, and the points lost by Brighton can only be dumb, and there is bitterness that cannot be said. This kind of apology after misjudgment is just a green tea pretending to be a white lotus, pure and disgusting, with wool meaning?
Just like apologizing after rape without going to jail, apologizing after murder without the death penalty, is it reasonable?
We believe that the No. 1 league in the world should be matched by the same level of penalties. Official control, internal black-and-black tricks, when will it stop?