Mark Clattenburg (Martin Pringle)

Has now been reported by Chelsea for supposed inappropriate remarks during the game as well.

Appalling display of 'refereeing'. The bloke just loves the limelight.

Taken from wikipedia:

Clattenburg received criticism in 2002 following his failure to send off Stockport County defender Dave Challinor for a foul on Martin Pringle during a game against Grimsby Town. Pringle's leg was broken in two places and his career effectively ended by the foul; Clattenburg opted to give only a yellow card to Challinor.[6]

The very last line on him:

On 28 October 2012, Chelsea lodged a complaint with Premier League stating that Clattenburg had used inappropriate and racially abusive language towards two Chelsea players

Ok like I said in previous post, yes he did catch him slightly, but it was not enough to send him down IMO, u could tell by the way that he fell that he was looking for the free kick.

Quoted from Abdul19

Appalling display of 'refereeing'. The bloke just loves the limelight.

The Ivanovic dismissal was a certain red card. It was a foul and denied Young a clear goalscoring opportunity.

Torres seems debateable. Looking at the social media it seems people (and i don't mean Chelsea/Man U 'fans') are 50/50. The ref made his call rightly or wrongly but he made a decision in a split second. I wouldnt call it appalling because millions of people are split after several replays/slow motion/zoom lense debate.

The latest decision by Chelsea to report the referee for 'inappropriate language' /swearing is absolutly pathetic in my opinion. Week in week out players are seen swearing on the pitch. I wonder what Chelsea will do if next week every player is sent off for swearing on the pitch. The game would have to be abandoned before half time!

Another show of the petulance and the attitude rife at the Premiership level.

Having said all that. i know a referee assessor at that level and he says Clattenburg is a twit. He never accepts any critism even in the privacy of the dressing room. He never, ever sees himself as making an error

Quoted from Neilo83

Ok like I said in previous post, yes he did catch him slightly, but it was not enough to send him down IMO, u could tell by the way that he fell that he was looking for the free kick.

Correct, and Jonny Evans admitted as much. Therefore IT WAS a free kick so how can you send somebody off for winning a free kick?

So ur saying that every time someone catches/touches/brushes someone it's a free kick?? I've just watches it again on YouTube and I can't see how anyone can say that he wasn't looking for that by going down easily.

Totally agree with n3il here.  The contact made on Torres would not be enough to topple over a baby learning to walk.  Just because there's contact doesn't mean that it is foul, Torres clearly is looking for it and makes a pathetic dive trying to win a free kick.  I'm sorry but that sort of thing is ruining football and it needs to be stamped out, starting from the top.  I hate the way that a couple of weeks ago people were calling for stricter action on diving from referees following the Suarez dive against Stoke, and now when action is taken, everyone complains?  Nice one.  
And I know people are saying that Ivanovic was clear sending off, but that was minimal contact as well, with Young flicking his heels up looking for contact.  That one was a dive as well.  

If I was running around the office at pace and caught a chair leg I'm fairly sure I'd fall over.

Evans actually clips his foot too? If your running it would be quite easy to lose balance and fall over.

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