Referee cost Arsenal 3 points against Liverpool
Sunday, 28 October 07, 07:01 PM
Arsenal largely had themselves to blame for not leaving Anfield with all 3 points tonight with first Fabregas and then Bendtner failing to find the open net when it was harder to miss.
The referee also helped though. As early as the 3rd minute, a clear Carragher foul against Adebayor in front of the 18-yard box was not given. A few minutes later, a clear foul against Rosicky on the left was was ignored only for a Fabregas foul on the same play to be given. The resulting free kick gave Liverpool their lifeline. A lifeline which proved to be all they would have in a keenly-contested game.
Two elbows were in foul service, used by Liverpool players; Carragher and Hyppia. The first instance was on 30 minutes when Carragher crashed an elbow into Emmanuel Eboué in an off-the-ball incidence. The referee not only failed to see it, nor did he consult with the linesmen or fourth official who might have seen it. On 37 Minutes, Hyppia belted Adebayor's midriff as they both jumped to contest the ball. It was an obvious foul. Each incidence would have warranted a red card from a good referee.
In the second, half, Jamie Carragher pulled down Fabregas only for the referee to wave play on. This was the second Premier League game in a row in which Carragher's pulls should have won the opposing team penalties only for the referee to ignore it.
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