PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WEEK 35 FRIDAY 7TH MAY LEICESTER CITY V NEWCASTLE UNITED Result 2-4Referee: Darren England. Assistants: Lee Betts, Darren Cann. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger. Leicester’s Johnny Evans was injured in the warmup so unable to take part in the game. It was an error […]
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Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
REVIEW OF WEEK 34 PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCES FRIDAY 30TH APRIL SOUTHAMPTON V LEICESTER CITY RESULT 1-1Referee: Robert Jones. Assistants: Darren Cann, Mark Scholes. Fourth official: Andre Marriner. VAR: Jonathan Moss. Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick. The big decision in this game was the red card for Vestergaard of Southampton. The referee correctly judging that this […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
FRIDAY 23RD APRIL ARSENAL V EVERTON RESULT 0-1Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: David Coote. Assistant VAR: Stuart Burt. Referee Jon Moss awarded a penalty kick to Arsenal, which frankly in my opinion was a wrong decision. VAR went back to review an offside in the build-up. Following […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
This week’s ‘Officially Speaking’ is considerably shorter than normal due to the FA Cup Semi Finals and the Premier League matches spread out over the start of this week. WEEK 32 REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW FRIDAY 16TH APRIL EVERTON V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Result 2-2Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
WEEK 31 PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE FULHAM V WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS Result 0-1Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Robert Jones. VAR: David Coote. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child. We see yet another goal ruled out because of the current nonsense that we have in our game. This time it was Wolves who were […]
Ex-PL ref blasts Liverpool decision with VAR ‘ruining the game’
Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett thinks the offside calls from VAR are “ruining the game” after Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino had a goal ruled out in their 2-1 win over Aston Villa. The incident left Liverpool fans scratching their heads with Diogo Jota ruled offside by the smallest of fractions after the VAR got […]
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Man Utd star Pogba told he would’ve been sent off in rugby
Man Utd star Paul Pogba should’ve been shown a red card for his “forearm smash” on Tottenham defender Serge Aurier, according to former Premier League referee Keith Hackett. Goals from Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood saw the Red Devils come from a goal behind to beat Spurs 3-1 on Sunday. There were a couple […]
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Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
MATCHWEEK 30 PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SATURDAY 3RD APRIL CHELSEA V WEST BROMWICH ALBION RESULT 2-5Referee: David Coote. Assistants: Neil Davies, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Peter Kirkup. A good performance by Referee David Coote who issued two yellow cards to Thiago Silva followed by the red.Silva on […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
PREMIER LEAGUE/FA CUP/SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW FRIDAY 19TH MARCH FULHAM V LEEDS UNITED Result 1-2Referee: David Coote. Assistants: Dan Cook, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Craig Pawson. Assistant VAR: Richard West. Leeds United’s Luke Ayling had the ball in the net, but it was correctly ruled out after VAR review. Replays […]
Ex-Prem referee claims Kane ‘goes down easily’
Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett has suggested that Tottenham forward Harry Kane goes down easily when he is challenged. After several loan spells elsewhere, Kane broke into the Spurs first-team during the 2013/14 season. He scored four goals for them from his 19 appearances before the end of the campaign. Since then, he has […]
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