Referees’ Performances | 2024/2025

MillionMilesAway said:
I don't think Oliver saw the Havertz/Rodri clash clearly. The shot from behind a goal shows that he turned partially away to make his way towards the Arsenal defence - presumably (and reasonably to me) not expecting there to be anything to watch in the first 2 seconds away from the ball.

I'd also think that the other officials were similar - just not expecting a flashpoint so soon.

I am quite surprised that no close focus footage has appeared of the incident.

There was a league cup final vs Chelsea about 10 years ago when Jorginho (I think) clattered Aguero off the ball in the first 5 seconds - same applied then.
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The Arse players were all queuing up to give Havertz a wink and a nod etc after the incident -I sit immediately opposite and saw clearly from that point they were targeting him
 
MillionMilesAway said:
I don't think Oliver saw the Havertz/Rodri clash clearly. The shot from behind a goal shows that he turned partially away to make his way towards the Arsenal defence - presumably (and reasonably to me) not expecting there to be anything to watch in the first 2 seconds away from the ball.

I'd also think that the other officials were similar - just not expecting a flashpoint so soon.

I am quite surprised that no close focus footage has appeared of the incident.

There was a league cup final vs Chelsea about 10 years ago when Jorginho (I think) clattered Aguero off the ball in the first 5 seconds - same applied then.
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I'm sure I remember Sky saying VAR were checking the incident and they cleared it pretty quickly. They also didn't show any close-up of the incident or a reverse angle like thy do with some incidents.

I'm willing to bet if the reverse view of the incident didn't do Havertz any favours.
 
Not a great performance by Gillett who I normally think is OK. Fell into the "it's a big game, I don't want to yellow card anyone too early" trap and nearly lost control a couple of times because of it. Soft penalty. Had to give loads of yellows to get the game under control again. If he had done it at the start he wouldn't have had to.

Anyway, no real harm done.
 
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