Mauricio Pochettino was left fuming with referee Mike Riley after Saturday’s defeat at Burnley, while Fulham are the weekend’s hard luck story, all in Ref Review.
Refereeing decisions are regularly the source of debate among fans, pundits, players and managers so this season TEAMtalk’s ‘Ref Review’ panel will be passing judgement on every red card (or avoidance of one), every penalty (or avoidance of one) and any other major incident in each Premier League match.
We may be in the day and age of goalline technology, while VAR made its appearance at the World Cup, but football remains littered with controversies.
We’ll also decide on a weekly basis which side can consider themselves lucky and which was the easiest decision for a match official to make.
Tottenham penalty appeal v Burnley
A poor first half at Turf Moor, significant only because of one of the most dubious penalty appeals you will witness this season. Danny Rose hang your head in shame lad! The Spurs player attempted a cross into the Burnley penalty area – it struck Phil Bardsley somewhere close to his arm and Rose wanted a penalty. Not a chance. Not in this life, nor the next.
Verdict: Correct decision
Burnley first goal v Tottenham
Incredible scenes at the end as Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino had a full meltdown on the pitch and got right in the face of referee Mike Dean. It was all to do with Burnley’s first goal, which Poch felt should not have stood.
Chris Wood got away from Juan Foyth to head a corner past Hugo Lloris into the net but Pochettino was unhappy the corner from which the goal came was awarded in the first place. Replays confirmed the Argentine’s rage was justified. It should have been a goal-kick.
Verdict: Incorrect decision