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Mike Dean originally said penalty at first in commentary then they got another angle and it looked like Doku got the ball before the main and he said no penalty on the 2nd replay

Quote from: Mackem ref on Wed 06 Mar 2024 06:35

With regards to the penalty claim, in the stadium I thought it looked like a cast iron penalty. Having seen a replay, I woukd now categorise it as a dive. Ballard is heading into the box, his touch is too heavy and knows he won’t get to the ball, his legs buckle in a weird fashion before any touch from the Leicester defender and he hits the deck. For me, never a penalty and if it was given against my team I would be furious!

Generally thought he was one of the better refs we’ve had the pleasure of this season. Quite laid back in style. Time keeping definitely not a strong point - only 4 added second half despite many subs and a caution for time wasting - think it’s safe to say the directive has stopped!

I’m glad you’ve said this. As a Leicester fan (so biased), while he does grab him, the theatrics from Ballard for me make it a dive. I’m not seeing the same ‘cast iron’ penalty that others are.

Aside from that, his refereeing style seemed to contribute to sucking all of the energy out of the game, which didn’t really help my team get any rhythm once we scored (though that’s our own problem to figure out).

Hopefully he’ll learn and fix these issues in time.

Dale Johnson's explanation on why he thinks last night's incident was different from League Cup final - https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1762955799918186943 

(One other thing I noticed him tweeting is that MLS are introducing a system where a player needs to leave the pitch within 10 seconds when being subbed (with some exceptions) otherwise the substitute cannot come on for 60 seconds and they'll be down to 10 players.)

Disallowed Liverpool goal is 100% correct and fully in accordance with the current interpretation of Law11. Caicedo's nasty foul was SFP imo but not surprised with any non-intervention there. He should have cottened on to Chelsea's early spoiling tactics a bit quicker but Caicedo aside, I'm struggling to see any CLEAR cards missed by Kavanagh.

Not perfect, but I thought Chris Kavanagh's performance was generally okay, especially taking into account the unwritten 'don't make yourself the centre of attention in a final' rule (ie. not immediately showing early YCs to (Chelsea) players).