Match Review: Martin Atkinson – Arsenal Vs Chelsea (1 – 2) [29/09/2012]

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Today’s referee is Martin Atkinson

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Martin Atkinson (2012-09-29)
Period 1
Min	Type	From	On	C/NC	Reviewer Comment	Weight
0	THROW IN	CHE		C	Ramires Santos do Nascimento concedes a throw in.	1
0	FOUL	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta Commits a Regular foul.	1
0	FREE KICK	CHE		C	Branislav Ivanovic takes a direct free kick.	1
1	FOUL	CHE	ARS	NC	Ramires catches Gervinho in the back. Foul	3
1	FREE KICK	ARS		NC		3
1	FOUL	ARS		C	Lukas Podolski Commits a Regular foul.	1
2	FREE KICK	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho takes a direct free kick.	1
3	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	Fernando Torres concedes a goal kick.	1
4	THROW IN	CHE		C	John Terry concedes a throw in.	1
4	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey concedes a goal kick.	1
6	FOUL	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul.	1
6	FREE KICK	CHE		C	Eden Hazard takes a direct free kick.	1
7	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	Juan Mata concedes a goal kick.	1
7	THROW IN	ARS		C	Vito Mannone concedes a throw in.	1
9	THROW IN	CHE		C	Branislav Ivanovic concedes a throw in.	1
10	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Santiago Cazorla concedes a goal kick.	1
11	THROW IN	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho concedes a throw in.	1
13	THROW IN	CHE		C	Eden Hazard concedes a throw in.	1
13	FOUL	ARS		NC	Mikel Arteta Clearly plays the ball. No foul.	3
13	FREE KICK	CHE		NC	Branislav Ivanovic is wrongly awarded a direct free kick.	3
14	FOUL	CHE		C	Fernando Torres Commits a Regular foul.	1
14	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Laurent Koscielny takes a direct free kick.	1
14	FOUL	ARS		C	Laurent Koscielny Commits a Regular foul.	1
14	FREE KICK	CHE		C	John Obi Mikel takes a direct free kick.	1
16	FOUL	CHE		C	Ashley Cole Commits a Regular foul.	1
16	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Santiago Cazorla takes a direct free kick.	1
17	FOUL	CHE	ARS	NC	Terry loses his footing as he tries to tackle but in doing so pushes Gervinho into Cole. Foul. right on the edge of the area	3
17	FREE KICK	ARS		NC	Should have been awarded a free kick for the previous foul.	3
18	FOUL	ARS		C	Thomas Vermaelen Commits a Regular foul. After veiwing the tackle in slow mo from both angles it’s unclear if Vermaelen actually makes contact with Hazard.	1
19	FREE KICK	CHE		C		1
19	FOUL	CHE	ARS	NC	Torres has both hands up and is pushing Koscielny. Ref should blow for a foul.	3
19	GOAL	CHE	ARS	NC	Torres has both hands up and is pushing Koscielny. Ref should blow for a foul.	5
19	FREE KICK	ARS		NC	For the push on Koscielny	3
20	CORNER	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta concedes a corner kick.	1
21	THROW IN	CHE		C	Juan Mata concedes a throw in.	1
22	CORNER	CHE		C	Ashley Cole concedes a corner kick.	1
23	CORNER	CHE		C	Ashley Cole concedes a corner kick.	1
24	FOUL	CHE	ARS	C	Mikel jumped in the back of Cazorla and had his hand on his shoulder. As no replay was shown we can only agree with the ref	3
24	PENALTY	CHE		C	As said no replay, so we cannot judge this situation and have to agree with the ref	5
24	FOUL	ARS	CHE	C	Torres kicked against the leg of Koscielny who was running close to Torres. Koscielny was just running and the contact was made by Torres	3
24	PENALTY	ARS		C	It was Torres who made contact so correct to give no foul	5
26	FOUL	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho Commits a Regular foul.	1
26	YELLOW	CHE	ARS	NC	Luiz clearly has an arm around Gervinho’s waist and pulls him back. Ref blows for a foul but should also book him.	3
27	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta takes a direct free kick.	1
27	THROW IN	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho concedes a throw in.	1
28	THROW IN	CHE		C	Oscar dos Santos Emboada Junior concedes a throw in.	1
28	OFFSIDE	CHE		C	Fernando Torres is played offside by Thomas Vermaelen from a ball by Juan Mata	1
29	THROW IN	ARS		C	Vito Mannone concedes a throw in.	1
30	THROW IN	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in.	1
31	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Thomas Vermaelen concedes a goal kick.	1
32	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	John Terry concedes a goal kick.	1
32	THROW IN	ARS		C	Vito Mannone concedes a throw in.	1
33	FOUL	CHE		C	Oscar dos Santos Emboada Junior Commits a Regular foul.	1
33	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Santiago Cazorla takes a direct free kick.	1
33	CORNER	CHE		C	Oscar dos Santos Emboada Junior concedes a corner kick.	1
34	FOUL	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul.	1
34	YELLOW	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul.	1
35	FREE KICK	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho takes a direct free kick.	1
35	FOUL	CHE		C	Oscar dos Santos Emboada Junior Commits a Regular foul.	1
35	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Thomas Vermaelen takes a direct free kick.	1
36	THROW IN	ARS		C	Laurent Koscielny concedes a throw in.	1
37	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	John Obi Mikel concedes a goal kick.	1
38	THROW IN	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in.	1
38	FOUL	CHE		C	Oscar dos Santos Emboada Junior Commits a Regular foul.	1
38	YELLOW	CHE		C	Oscar dos Santos Emboada Junior recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: PersistentInfringement.	1
38	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Thomas Vermaelen takes a direct free kick.	1
39	FOUL	CHE	ARS	NC	Torres challenges from behind and catches Ramsey on the ankle. Foul	3
39	YELLOW	CHE	ARS	NC	Ref is no more than 5yds form the incident and has an unobstructed view. Should definately blow for a foul and issue a yelllow card.	3
40	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain concedes a goal kick.	1
41	OFFSIDE	CHE		C	Fernando Torres is played offside by Laurent Koscielny from a ball by Ashley Cole	1
41	GOAL	ARS		C	Gervais Yao Kouassi scores a goal for Arsenal.	1
43	CORNER	CHE		C	John Terry concedes a corner kick.	1
43	FOUL	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul.	1
44	FREE KICK	CHE		C	Petr Cech takes a direct free kick.	1
45	FOUL	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs Commits a Regular foul.	1
45	FREE KICK	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho takes a direct free kick.	1
46	CORNER	ARS		NC	Valmaelen concedes a corner for Arsenal	2
46	GOAL KICK	CHE		NC	Valmaelen concedes a corner for Arsenal	1
46	THROW IN	ARS		C	Vito Mannone concedes a throw in.	1
46	THROW IN	CHE		C	Eden Hazard concedes a throw in.	1
47	THROW IN	ARS		C	Lukas Podolski concedes a throw in.	1
Period 2
Min	Type	From	On	C/NC	Reviewer Comment	Weight
45	THROW IN	ARS		C	Lukas Podolski concedes a throw in.	1
46	THROW IN	CHE		C	Branislav Ivanovic concedes a throw in.	1
46	CORNER	ARS		C	Gervais Yao Kouassi concedes a corner kick.	1
47	FOUL	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho Commits a Dive foul.	1
47	YELLOW	CHE		NC	David Luiz Moreira Marinho wrongly recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Simulation. He does go down in the box but doesn’t call for a penalty.	3
47	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Vito Mannone takes a direct free kick.	1
48	THROW IN	CHE		C	John Obi Mikel concedes a throw in.	1
48	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain concedes a goal kick.	1
48	THROW IN	CHE		C	Petr Cech concedes a throw in.	1
50	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Santiago Cazorla concedes a goal kick.	1
50	FOUL	CHE		C	Branislav Ivanovic Commits a Regular foul.	1
51	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta takes a direct free kick.	1
51	FOUL	ARS		C	Thomas Vermaelen Commits a Regular foul.	1
52	YELLOW	ARS		C	Thomas Vermaelen recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul.	1
52	GOAL	CHE		C	Juan Mata scores a goal for Chelsea.	1
54	THROW IN	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta concedes a throw in.	1
54	FOUL	CHE		C	Ramires Santos do Nascimento Commits a Regular foul.	1
54	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs takes a direct free kick.	1
56	OFFSIDE	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs is played offside by Branislav Ivanovic from a ball by Gervais Yao Kouassi	1
57	FOUL	CHE		C	Juan Mata Commits a Regular foul.	1
57	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs takes a direct free kick.	1
58	THROW IN	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in.	1
59	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Aaron Ramsey concedes a goal kick.	1
59	FOUL	ARS		C	Laurent Koscielny Commits a Regular foul.	1
59	YELLOW	ARS	CHE	NC	Koscielny clearly blocks of Oscar without getting anywhere near the ball. Yellow card.	3
59	FREE KICK	CHE		C		1
60	THROW IN	CHE		C	Ashley Cole concedes a throw in.	1
61	FOUL	CHE		NC	Ashley Cole doesn’t Commit a Regular foul.	3
61	YELLOW	ARS		NC	Simulation	3
62	OFFSIDE	ARS		C	Gervais Yao Kouassi is played offside by David Luiz Moreira Marinho from a ball by Thomas Vermaelen	1
63	THROW IN	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.	1
64	THROW IN	CHE		C	John Obi Mikel concedes a throw in.	1
65	CORNER	CHE		C	David Luiz Moreira Marinho concedes a corner kick.	1
67	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Gervais Yao Kouassi concedes a goal kick.	1
70	THROW IN	CHE		C	Ramires Santos do Nascimento concedes a throw in.	1
71	FOUL	CHE		C	Branislav Ivanovic Commits a Regular foul.	1
71	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs takes a direct free kick.	1
72	CORNER	CHE		C	Petr Cech concedes a corner kick.	1
73	THROW IN	CHE		C	Ashley Cole concedes a throw in.	1
74	THROW IN	ARS		C	Carl Jenkinson concedes a throw in.	1
74	CORNER	ARS		C	Carl Jenkinson concedes a corner kick.	1
75	CORNER	ARS		C	Carl Jenkinson concedes a corner kick.	1
75	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	Victor Moses concedes a goal kick.	1
76	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	Eden Hazard concedes a goal kick.	1
77	THROW IN	CHE		C	John Terry concedes a throw in.	1
77	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs concedes a goal kick.	1
78	FOUL	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs Commits a Regular foul.	1
79	FREE KICK	CHE		C	Juan Mata takes a direct free kick.	1
82	FOUL	CHE		C	Ramires Santos do Nascimento Commits a Regular foul.	1
82	YELLOW	CHE	ARS	NC	Catches Arteta from behind on the ankle.Yellow	3
82	OFFSIDE	ARS		C	Gervais Yao Kouassi is played offside by Gary Cahill from a ball by Santiago Cazorla	1
83	OFFSIDE	CHE		C	Fernando Torres is played offside by Thomas Vermaelen from a ball by Petr Cech	1
84	OFFSIDE	ARS		C	Gervais Yao Kouassi is played offside by Branislav Ivanovic from a ball by Santiago Cazorla	1
84	THROW IN	CHE		C	Petr Cech concedes a throw in.	1
85	GOAL KICK	CHE		C	Victor Moses concedes a goal kick.	1
86	THROW IN	ARS		C	Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.	1
86	THROW IN	CHE		C	Victor Moses concedes a throw in.	1
87	THROW IN	CHE		C	Ashley Cole concedes a throw in.	1
87	FOUL	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta Commits a Regular foul.	1
88	FREE KICK	CHE		C	Branislav Ivanovic takes a direct free kick.	1
88	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Santiago Cazorla concedes a goal kick.	1
90	THROW IN	CHE		C	John Obi Mikel concedes a throw in.	1
91	GOAL KICK	ARS		C	Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick.	1
91	FOUL	ARS		C	Mikel Arteta Commits a Regular foul.	1
91	FREE KICK	CHE		C	Ramires Santos do Nascimento takes a direct free kick.	1
91	FOUL	CHE		C	Ramires Santos do Nascimento Commits a Regular foul.	1
92	YELLOW	CHE		NC	Ramires Santos do Nascimento wrongly recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. That’s what it was. he went for the ball and as Carzola played the ball away the caught Ramires’s leg.	3
92	FREE KICK	ARS		C	Vito Mannone takes a direct free kick.	1
93	CORNER	ARS		C	Carl Jenkinson concedes a corner kick.	1
94	THROW IN	CHE		C	Fernando Torres concedes a throw in.	1

Let us have a look at his competence numbers in this game

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Martin Atkinson (2012-09-29)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
CORNER	5	6	83.33
FOUL	16	21	76.19
FREE KICK	14	18	77.78
GOAL	1	2	50.00
GOAL KICK	8	9	88.89
OFFSIDE	2	2	100.00
PENALTY	2	2	100.00
THROW IN	17	17	100.00
YELLOW	2	4	50.00
TOTAL	67	81	82.72
WEIGHTED	79	120	65.83
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
CORNER	6	6	100.00
FOUL	12	13	92.31
FREE KICK	10	10	100.00
GOAL	1	1	100.00
GOAL KICK	10	10	100.00
OFFSIDE	5	5	100.00
THROW IN	19	19	100.00
YELLOW	1	6	16.67
TOTAL	64	70	91.43
WEIGHTED	64	82	78.05
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
CORNER	11	12	91.67
FOUL	28	34	82.35
FREE KICK	24	28	85.71
GOAL	2	3	66.67
GOAL KICK	18	19	94.74
OFFSIDE	7	7	100.00
PENALTY	2	2	100.00
THROW IN	36	36	100.00
YELLOW	3	10	30.00
TOTAL	131	151	86.75
WEIGHTED	143	202	70.79

Let us see if it evens out in this game and have a look at the bias numbers

BIAS SUMMARY – Martin Atkinson (2012-09-29)
Period 1	Arsenal	%	Chelsea	%	Total
Correct For	35	52.24	32	47.76	67
Correct For Weighted	41	51.90	38	48.10	79
Incorrect Against	12	85.71	2	14.29	14
Incorrect Against Weighted	38	92.68	3	7.32	41
Fouls Commited	10	47.62	11	52.38	21
Fouls Penalised	9	90.00	7	63.64	16
Period 2	Arsenal	%	Chelsea	%	Total
Correct For	32	50.00	32	50.00	64
Correct For Weighted	32	50.00	32	50.00	64
Incorrect Against	1	16.67	5	83.33	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	16.67	15	83.33	18
Fouls Commited	5	38.46	8	61.54	13
Fouls Penalised	5	100.00	7	87.50	12
Totals	Arsenal	%	Chelsea	%	Total
Correct For	67	51.15	64	48.85	131
Correct For Weighted	73	51.05	70	48.95	143
Incorrect Against	13	65.00	7	35.00	20
Incorrect Against Weighted	41	69.49	18	30.51	59
Fouls Commited	15	44.12	19	55.88	34
Fouls Penalised	14	93.33	14	73.68	28