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Mark Clattenburg
Topic Started: Aug 23 2009, 09:33 PM (2,492 Views)
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Had a great game today, great to have our only good ref back

he is looking slick and tanned aswell :cooldude:
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hes a right shady characrter lives in the north east got a couple of buisnesses and a lot of property apparantly
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And a brilliant ref and a closet Liverpool fan :D
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The verdict of the Chelsea faithful was unanimous and instant.

"Cheat, cheat, cheat," filled the chilly Stamford Bridge air after Mark Clattenburg blew his whistle to end a tempestuous encounter and signal the start of an inquest that will focus on the frailties of officialdom rather than the calibre of the football.


Security personnel shielded the referee and his assistants Michael McDonough and Simon Long as they were escorted off the pitch and down the tunnel while the home supporters aimed vitriol in their direction for what they saw as the incompetence that denied Chelsea at least a share of the points.

At 2-2 with an hour gone, the game was on a knife-edge. Two teams with real pretensions to lifting the Premier League title in May had no interest in a single point. They were aiming for all three. We were all preparing ourselves for a thrilling finale.




CHELSEA 2-3 MANCHESTER UNITED


MATCH REPORT: Van Persie, Chicharito & card-happy Clattenburg end Blues run



PLAYER RATINGS




TOP OF THE MATCH: Juan Mata led by example, "the talisman of this new Chelsea"


Just as Chelsea were beginning to flex their muscles after hauling back an early two-goal deficit, Branislav Ivanovic swung the momentum in United's favour with his cynical kick on Ashley Young after 63 minutes.

Young, as is his wont, made the most of the challenge but replays showed that Clattenburg's judgement was spot-on. The right-back was the last defender and he had committed a professional foul. There could be no dispute about the validity of the Ivanovic dismissal.

Five minutes later, Clattenburg ensured that he will probably be slotted in for a League Two match next weekend rather than a high-profile top-tier encounter.

The protests from the Chelsea players and a frenzied home support were long and loud after Clattenburg decided that Fernando Torres tried to deceive him when he turned past Jonny Evans after 68 minutes.

TV evidence showed that there had been clear contact between Evans' studs and Torres' leg. By handing the Spaniard a second yellow for simulation, the referee showed that he employed a worrying amount of guesswork in coming to what was universally agreed to be an outrageous decision.

"It was his own fault," declared Sir Alex Ferguson of Torres, as he threw his considerable weight afterwards behind the under-fire Clattenburg. "Jonny may have caught him [but] he could have carried on."

Chelsea's sense of injustice was exacerbated in the 75th minute when the United substitute Chicharito turned in the winner from Rafael's misdirected shot. The Mexican had been in a clear offside position when the full-back struck the ball.


MANCHESTER UNITED LATEST



25/1

Manchester United are 25/1 with William Hill to beat Chelsea 3-2 in the Capital One Cup


A further twist was added to the Torres dismissal afterwards following further scrutiny of the striker's chest-high challenge on Tom Cleverley in first-half injury time.

There was some credence to the suggestion of TV analyst Gary Neville that Torres was lucky to be on the pitch at the start of the second half given the crudeness of his tackle.

Most would agree that of the four major decisions made by Clattenburg and his assistants, they had got three horribly wrong – the Torres first yellow, the Torres second booking and the Hernandez offside.

Little wonder that Roberto Di Matteo blamed the officials for his team's first league defeat of the season and the narrowing of their lead to a single point. "It's a shame like this is decided like that," he said with a degree of understatement. Quite.

Instead of talking about United's breathtaking counterattacks, the set-piece excellence of Juan Mata or the resilience of two fine teams, we are left to examine the inability of match officials to get big decisions correct often enough.

Only a few hours earlier, Luis Suarez was denied what would have been a brilliant hat-trick in the Merseyside derby when his last-minute winner was chalked out by a linesman blunder.

Of course, the players do not help themselves. If cheating and diving were not so rife in the game, there would be less need for the referee to scrutinise key events with such a cynical eye.

Throw in the sustained pace and intensity at which the modern game is played and it is little wonder that mistakes are made.

Moreover, Young and Suarez are two forwards who have track records of cheating to win decisions from officials.

The answer surely lies in more widespread use of technology. While other sports make sensible use of the TV evidence available to officials, football remains in the dark ages, like a dinosaur with its head permanently stuck in the sand.
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Chelsea have made a complaint about referee Mark Clattenburg's language during their defeat to Manchester United.

The official sent off Branislav Ivanovic and Fernando Torres during United's 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge, and the second decision in particular was heavily contested by the home players.

Chelsea did not go into details after the game, but a spokesman confirmed two separate incidents of Clattenburg's "inappropriate language" have been reported.

He said: "We have lodged a complaint to the Premier League match delegate with regards to inappropriate language used by the referee and directed at two of our players in two separate incidents in today's match.

"The match delegate will pass the complaint to the Football Association. We will make no further comment at this time."
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Mark Clattenburg accused of racial slur during Chelsea v Manchester United

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• Chelsea make formal complaint over 'inappropriate language'
• Mikel John Obi one of the players at centre of storm
• Referee promises to co-operate fully with investigation
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According to the Mail he called Mata a Spanish twat lol. I doubt there's anything to this other than an attempt by Chelsea to further smear Clattenburg whilst trying to distance themselves from racism in the wake of the Terry saga. This story, annoyingly, is going to have some legs.
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Winner.

"If I go to Anfield and someone puts the ball into the box and Carragher hammers it out of play the fans applaud. At Camp Nou you would never be applauded for that." - Xavi
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Lmfaooooo as if he'd say that. Chelsea always have been bitter, twisted losers, even their fucking groundstaff are scum ie. Evra's incident in Bridge aftermath in 2008.
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.

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Yeah spot on. Did anyone see the steward receiving medical treatment btw?
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"If I go to Anfield and someone puts the ball into the box and Carragher hammers it out of play the fans applaud. At Camp Nou you would never be applauded for that." - Xavi
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Never mind the book being thrown at Clattenburg throw the kitchen sink and a monster truck while you are at it.
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Clattenburg is well known for his foul language but he wouldnt be stupid enough to drop a racial slur in this current time.
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Yep, spot on, he'd wait for the whole John Terry debacle to blow over first.
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.

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Dont be silly James you know what I mean. After all the shit that came through the two big recent racial scandals he would hardly be foolish enough to say something to risk having his name brought through the mud like that
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