The referee for next week’s match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur is a well-known figure.
Next week, Chelsea will make their Premier League comeback when they play Tottenham Hotspur, who will travel from north London for a London derby at Stamford Bridge under the lights.
Prior to the international break, the Blues are trying to recover from a 1-0 loss to Arsenal, while Spurs also need a response after losing 2-0 to Fulham at Craven Cottage earlier this month. The team of Enzo Maresca is in fourth place, ten spots and fifteen points ahead of the team of Ange Postecoglou.
Craig Pawson will be in charge of the match at Stamford Bridge, according to the Premier League’s official roster. Given that Chelsea fans have felt unfairly treated by some of the referee’s recent rulings, it is safe to assume that Pawson’s name won’t make them grin.
Premier League confirms referee for Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
Pawson officiated the historic 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in April of last year. Later, Axel Disasi nodded home from close range, giving Chelsea the impression that they had won the game. But before the goal was disallowed, VAR called a foul in the lead-up, and Pawson was sent to the screen to watch the altercation between Diego Carlos and Benoit Badiashile.
Former Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was incensed by that decision and said, following the game, that VAR had “damaged English football.” “Everyone who watched the game will feel disappointed,” Pochettino stated. The referee denied the goal and called a foul on two separate occasions before consulting VAR to confirm.
“The referee is amazing and it’s insane. It is difficult to accept, these type of things in the semi-final [FA Cup against Man City] two weeks ago it was handball and it was no penalty, the referee he didn’t check it.
Their supporters were baffled by the goal’s disqualification. They stated it was a foul, and if you look at the challenge, if we approach each one in this manner, it will be a foul and we won’t have 11 [players] left at the end of the game. We can discuss the choice or the performance, but both are hurting the game.
Mark Halsey, a former Premier League referee, also criticized the ruling. “I was puzzled why VAR got involved because it wasn’t a clear and obvious error,” he told The Sun.
“Play was allowed to continue because referee Craig Pawson had a clear view of the incident and was staring at both players. Why didn’t Pawson give Diego Carlos a free kick right immediately if he believed Benoit Badiashile had committed a foul? Pawson had to deliver it in real time, so there wouldn’t have been any drama later, even though I thought it was a foul. The main issue I have with this scenario is that it is a typical example of technology re-referring a game, which is not the purpose of VAR.
Pawson revised his mind after VAR official Chris Kavanagh suggested an on-field review. I’ve been watching Pawson for a while, and he seems to rely on VAR for backup decisions rather than making the important ones himself. Even though we made the correct choice, the way we arrived at it is not the proper way to implement VAR in the Premier League.
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