The Premier League returned on Saturday with its standard cocktail of drama, pleasure and controversy – with refereeing choices and VAR as soon as once more a large speaking level.
Following his aspect’s 3-1 defeat through Arsenal, Tottenham boss Antonio Conte urged refereeing and VAR in England is now not on the required stage, having noticed his participant Emerson Royal despatched off for a 2d-part foul on Gabriel Martinelli.
Elsewhere, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish puzzled the purpose of VAR, whilst Fulham boss Marco Silva fumed at what he known as “strange decisions”.
“In England, I have to be honest, it is very difficult because there isn’t the same line,” mentioned Conte.
“Sometimes you see a situation that could be a red card and instead is a yellow card or no yellow card, sometimes you see a situation that is a yellow card and you see a red card.”
Here, BBC Sport takes a take a look at the selections which created maximum debate.
Conte unsatisfied with Emerson crimson card
Conte was once infuriated through the verdict to ship Emerson off within the 62nd minute with Arsenal main 2-1.
“They have to work a lot about this,” mentioned the Italian whilst discussing the usual of refereeing in England.
“In Italy, they go on Thursday and stay together for three days to work together, to look at the video and try and improve.
“I have no idea in the event that they do this on this nation, however it will be a good suggestion since the stage is so prime and we want the extent of the referee and VAR the similar.
“The Premier League is a really high level, and for this reason every part of this situation has to be top.”
Speaking on BBC’s Final Score despite the fact that, former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin mentioned Emerson deserved a crimson card.
“No anger or malice, but I still think it’s a red,” mentioned Dublin. “The ball has gone and he has caught him above the calf. I think it’s a red.”
‘Unbelievable how he controlled to stick at the box’
At Selhurst Park, Conor Gallagher scored a super past due winner to present Graham Potter his first victory as Chelsea boss – however Crystal Palace supervisor Patrick Vieira was once left vexed through a key determination within the first part.
Vieira felt Chelsea defender Thiago Silva must had been despatched off after the Brazilian intentionally knocked the ball out of Jordan Ayew’s trail together with his hand.
When contacted through BBC Sport, a Premier League spokesperson mentioned the officers gave Silva yellow as an alternative of crimson as they felt he didn’t deny Ayew an obtrusive goalscoring alternative.
Vieira, on the other hand, noticed it in a different way.
“I just find it unbelievable how he managed to stay on the field,” Vieira mentioned of Silva, who went directly to tee up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Chelsea’s equaliser.
During the sport, Palace chairman Parish expressed his frustration on the determination.
However, talking on BT Sport, Robbie Savage felt referee Chris Kavanagh was once proper to turn Silva a yellow card.
Savage mentioned: “Silva was not denying a goalscoring opportunity, he was going away from goal and so it was the right decision. Silva is the big talking point in the game, but I think the referee got it right.”
‘These choices really feel unusual to us’
Another supervisor to be left unsatisfied through a key determination in his sport was once Fulham’s Silva, who watched his aspect play nearly all of the 4-1 defeat through Newcastle with 10 males after Nathaniel Chalobah’s 8th-minute crimson card.
Referee Darren England first of all confirmed Chalobah a yellow for his problem on Sean Longstaff, however upgraded his determination to a crimson after VAR intervention, prompting Silva to name for consistency.
“The referee was clearly there. He told me it was a clear yellow card. After so long a time to find one picture of Nathaniel’s tackle, it is difficult for me to accept,” mentioned Silva.
“If it will always be like that, I would accept it. But I am 100% sure that in moments like that, one will be a yellow card and that’s it.
“This is the tricky scenario to know. We want to see consistency in those scenarios or you need to give the yellow card.
“I think in the next few weeks in tough matches you will see moments like this one where it will be a yellow card. These decisions feel strange to us.”
Premier League referees display fewer crimson playing cards, says find out about
Prior to this weekend’s video games, a find out about through information consultants Nielsen Gracenote discovered that Premier League referees on moderate display fewer crimson playing cards than different main European leagues.
The find out about discovered that crimson playing cards are awarded at a charge of 1 each and every 338 fouls within the Premier League, in stark distinction with the highest flights in France (58), Germany (127), Italy (114) and Spain (77).
In the previous six Premier League seasons, crimson playing cards had been awarded at a charge of between 164 and 209 fouls in keeping with sending-off, so whilst nonetheless early within the season, they look like extra lenient this time period.
The leniency on crimson playing cards is putting, for the reason that a yellow card is proven as soon as each and every 5.25 fouls within the Premier League, the second one-strictest at the back of Spain’s La Liga (4.96).
Referees in England had been additionally discovered to have awarded a ways fewer fouls (1,350) than different leagues.
A little of reward…
While some managers had been left annoyed, Brentford boss Thomas Frank praised green referee Thomas Bramall’s “character and calm head” after he caught to his determination to not award Bournemouth a penalty for Kristoffer Ajer’s problem on Jordan Zemura, in spite of being referred to the pitchside track.
“I’d like to praise Thomas Bramall for his job today. He’s a young referee, and every Premier League game is important,” mentioned Frank.
“His character and calm head was important in a very, very stressful moment, when you’re called over to the monitor.
“It’s a decisive determination for the sport, and 9 occasions out of 10 possibly it is a penalty.
“But he sticks to his decision and that says a lot about him. I’m not in doubt that’s not a penalty, so very well done for him.”
