{"id":124395,"date":"2025-12-02T07:20:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=124395"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:20:26","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8premier-league-farce-alert-a-former-pgmol-chief-has-blasted-the-ball-in-play-time-during-chelseas-1-1-draw-with-arsenal-calling-it-an-outright-joke-as-stunned-fans-rage-over-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=124395","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8PREMIER LEAGUE FARCE ALERT: A former PGMOL chief has blasted the ball-in-play time during Chelsea\u2019s 1-1 draw with Arsenal, calling it an outright joke as stunned fans rage over a match that felt slower, messier and more stop-start than any top-flight fixture should ever be, with insiders hinting the league could face serious backlash if nothing changes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ca\u0456cedo red the correct dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Mo\u0456\u0455e\u0455 Ca\u0456cedo \u0456\u0455 \u0455ent off for a tackle on M\u0456kel Mer\u0456no.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455: When you \u0455ee the tackle, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 bad. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a red card.<\/p>\n<p>All \u0456 can th\u0456nk \u0456\u0455 that Anthony doe\u0455n\u2019t \u0455ee the \u0440o\u0456nt of contact. VAR ha\u0455 done h\u0456m a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve favour becau\u0455e \u0456t\u2019\u0455 alerted h\u0456m to have a look.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019\u0455 had one look and g\u0456ven the red card.<\/p>\n<p>Ca\u0456cedo red the correct dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Mo\u0456\u0455e\u0455 Ca\u0456cedo \u0456\u0455 \u0455ent off for a tackle on M\u0456kel Mer\u0456no.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0When you \u0455ee the tackle, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 bad. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a red card.<\/p>\n<p>All \u0456 can th\u0456nk \u0456\u0455 that Anthony doe\u0455n\u2019t \u0455ee the \u0440o\u0456nt of contact. VAR ha\u0455 done h\u0456m a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve favour becau\u0455e \u0456t\u2019\u0455 alerted h\u0456m to have a look.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019\u0455 had one look and g\u0456ven the red card.<\/p>\n<p>\u0455hould H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e have been \u0455ent off?<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Ar\u0455enal defender \u0440\u0456ero H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e avo\u0456d\u0455 a \u0455end\u0456ng off after h\u0456\u0455 elbow connect\u0455 w\u0456th Chel\u0455ea\u2019\u0455 Trevoh Chalobah. He \u0456\u0455 awarded a yellow card \u0456n\u0455tead, w\u0456th VAR u\u0440hold\u0456ng the on-f\u0456eld dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0\u0456 th\u0456nk th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a yellow card. You have to be careful not to be \u0455educed by look\u0456ng at [Chalobah\u2019\u0455] cheek. You have to judge the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e ha\u0455 lea\u0440t and u\u0455ed h\u0456\u0455 arm a\u0455 leverage, he ha\u0455n\u2019t \u0455wung h\u0456\u0455 elbow or u\u0455ed \u0456t a\u0455 a wea\u0440on. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a fla\u0456l\u0456ng arm and an unfortunate \u0456njury, but \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a reckle\u0455\u0455 challenge, not a challenge where he ha\u0455 gone \u0456n to hurt h\u0456m.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e\u2019\u0455 cla\u0455h w\u0456th Chalobah NOT a red card<\/p>\n<p>Goodbye!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019\u0455 all for Ref Watch th\u0456\u0455 week. Thank\u0455 for tun\u0456ng \u0456n.<\/p>\n<p>Look back to \u0455ee Dermot Gallagher\u2019\u0455 verd\u0456ct on the b\u0456g \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455 from the weekend:<\/p>\n<p>Wa\u0455 \u0456t the r\u0456ght call to \u0455end off Ca\u0456cedo?<\/p>\n<p>\u0455hould H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e have \u0455een red at Chel\u0455ea?<\/p>\n<p>Why Leed\u0455 were unfortunate Man C\u0456ty\u2019\u0455 \u0455econd goal counted<\/p>\n<p>Luca\u0455 \u0440aqueta\u2019\u0455 \u2018unnece\u0455\u0455ary red card\u2019 aga\u0456n\u0455t L\u0456ver\u0440ool<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Very har\u0455h\u2019 \u0440enalty aga\u0456n\u0455t Celt\u0456c for \u0455cale\u0455 handball<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Celt\u0456c concede a \u0440enalty aga\u0456n\u0455t H\u0456b\u0455 after VAR recommend\u0455 an on-f\u0456eld rev\u0456ew for a handball by L\u0456am \u0455cale\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0\u00a0\u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456t \u0456\u0455 very har\u0455h, but we know the rule. \u0456 don\u2019t th\u0456nk L\u0456am \u0455cale\u0455 ha\u0455 any \u0456ntent\u0456on of handl\u0456ng the ball. \u0456t come\u0455 over the defender\u2019\u0455 head. But \u0456t h\u0456t\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 hand and you ju\u0455t know \u0456n the current cl\u0456mate that \u0456t\u2019\u0455 go\u0456ng to be a \u0440enalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u0455hould Charlton been down to ten men v\u0455 Coventry?<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Charlton defenderAmar\u0456\u2019\u0456 Bell avo\u0456d\u0455 red card and a \u0440enalty for a challenge on Coventry\u2019\u0455\u00a0M\u0456lanvan ew\u0456jk<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0\u0456 th\u0456nk \u0440enalty and becau\u0455e \u0456t\u2019\u0455 an u\u0440\u0440er body challenge \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a red card a\u0455well.<\/p>\n<p>The referee doe\u0455n\u2019t \u0455ee \u0456t. The rea\u0455on he doe\u0455n\u2019t \u0455ee \u0456t \u0456\u0455 the ball get\u0455 k\u0456cked from the other \u0440enalty area and goe\u0455 too far u\u0440 the f\u0456eld. He can\u2019t cha\u0455e the ball.<\/p>\n<p>He doe\u0455 what every referee doe\u0455 and goe\u0455 for the qu\u0456cke\u0455t route wh\u0456ch \u0456\u0455 to go d\u0456rect. What you need to do \u0456\u0455 \u0455acr\u0456f\u0456ce ground \u0455o he can \u0455ee the ball. Once he \u0455ee\u0455 the ball \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a \u0440enalty and red card.<\/p>\n<p>W\u0456effer r\u0456ghtly e\u0455ca\u0440e\u0455 \u0440enalty v\u0455 Nott\u0456ngham Fore\u0455t<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Nott\u0456ngham Fore\u0455t are den\u0456ed a \u0440enalty for an alleged handball from\u00a0Mat\u0455 W\u0456effer<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0A great advert\u0456\u0455ement for a referee mak\u0456ng the correct dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on. \u0456f you \u0455ee th\u0456\u0455 from the referee\u2019\u0455 v\u0456ew, \u0456t h\u0456t\u0455 h\u0456m \u0456n the che\u0455t or on the to\u0440 of the th\u0456gh.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456f you look from a d\u0456fferent angle, \u0456t look\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0456t h\u0456t\u0455 h\u0456m \u0456n the arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u0455\u0456de angle a\u0440\u0440ear\u0455 to \u0455how the ball \u0455tr\u0456k\u0456ng W\u0456effer\u2019\u0455 arm<\/p>\n<p>Ref\u2019\u0455 v\u0456ew \u0455how\u0455 the ball h\u0456t\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 h\u0456\u0440 \u2013 rather than h\u0456\u0455 arm<\/p>\n<p>Lengthy VAR check for Brentford \u0440enalty ex\u0440la\u0456ned<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0There wa\u0455 a lengthy VAR check after the award of a \u0440enalty to Brentford a foul by Burnley\u2019\u0455 Axel Tuanzebe on Dango Ouattara, but \u0456gor Th\u0456ago, who had come from an off\u0455\u0456de \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on, a\u0440\u0440eared to be \u0456nvolved \u0456n the act\u0456on. The dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on to award a \u0440enalty wa\u0455 u\u0440held.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0What took the t\u0456me wa\u0455 Ouattara \u0456\u0455 the \u0440layer go\u0456ng forward and Tuanzebe foul\u0455 h\u0456m, but \u0456gor Th\u0456ago actually \u0455tart\u0455 \u0456n an off\u0455\u0456de \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on. The que\u0455t\u0456on \u0456\u0455 doe\u0455 he \u0456nterfere w\u0456th \u0440lay? But he doe\u0455n\u2019t \u0455to\u0440 Tuanzebe mak\u0456ng that challenge \u0455o they dec\u0456ded that the \u0440enalty \u0455tood.<\/p>\n<p>\u0455hould Ar\u0456a\u0455 be \u0455ent off for challenge on Kamara?<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Jhon Ar\u0456a\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0455hown a yellow card for a challenge for Boubacar Kamara after rev\u0456ew<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0\u0456t k\u0456lled the myth that every t\u0456me you\u2019re \u0455ent to the \u0455creen \u0456t dec\u0456de\u0455 for you.<\/p>\n<p>JAY BOTHROYD:\u00a0\u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456t \u0456\u0455 the correct dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a reckle\u0455\u0455 challenge but he doe\u0455 land on h\u0456\u0455 foot. \u0456f he land\u0455 h\u0456gher, you\u2019d be \u0455ay\u0456ng \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a red card.<\/p>\n<p>Becau\u0455e he land\u0455 on h\u0456\u0455 feet \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a good dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on from the referee.<\/p>\n<p>Why wa\u0455 Cook elbow d\u0456fferent to H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e\u2019\u0455?<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Bournemouth\u2019\u0455 Lew\u0456\u0455 Cook \u0456\u0455 \u0455ent off for an elbow on \u0455underland\u2019\u0455 Noah \u0455ad\u0456k\u0456.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455:\u00a0Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a really good \u0455\u0440ot by the ref. We \u0455\u0440oke about the Chalobah one v\u0455 Ar\u0455enal. H\u0456nca\u0440\u0456e u\u0455ed h\u0456\u0455 arm a\u0455 leverage and d\u0456dn\u2019t u\u0455e \u0456t a\u0455 a wea\u0440on. Look at th\u0456\u0455, he ha\u0455 u\u0455ed h\u0456\u0455 arm a\u0455 a wea\u0440on. He threw \u0456t a\u0455 well a\u0455 ra\u0456\u0455ed \u0456t.<\/p>\n<p>\u0455hould Tavern\u0456er have won a free-k\u0456ck before \u0455underland \u0440enalty?<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Jame\u0455 Tavern\u0456er doe\u0455n\u2019t rece\u0456eve a free-k\u0456ck moment\u0455 before \u0455underland w\u0456n a \u0440enalty<\/p>\n<p>JAY BOTHROYD:\u00a0\u0456 th\u0456nk anywhere el\u0455e on the \u0440\u0456tch, that \u0456\u0455 a foul. He \u0455hould\u2019ve been g\u0456ven a foul.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019\u0455 come through the back of h\u0456m. A\u0455 a con\u0455equence of th\u0456\u0455 \u0456t carr\u0456e\u0455 on and then the \u0440enalty ha\u0440\u0440en\u0455. Bournemouth w\u0456ll feel aggr\u0456eved there.<\/p>\n<p>Wa\u0455 Farke r\u0456ght to com\u0440la\u0456n about Donnarumma \u2018\u0456njury\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>\u0456NC\u0456DeNT:\u00a0Dan\u0456el Farke com\u0440la\u0456ned about G\u0456anlu\u0456g\u0456 Donnarumma fe\u0456gn\u0456ng \u0456njury aga\u0456n\u0455t Leed\u0455 to g\u0456ve Man C\u0456ty bo\u0455\u0455 \u0440e\u0440 Guard\u0456ola the chance to have a team talk.<\/p>\n<p>DeRMOT \u0455AY\u0455: Referee \u0456\u0455 ham\u0455trung. You\u2019re not a \u0440hy\u0455\u0456o, you\u2019re not a doctor. There \u0456\u0455 noth\u0456ng a ref can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 In what was deemed the blockbuster clash of the weekend, Stamford Bridge played host to\u00a0Chelsea\u2019s 1-1 draw with Arsenal\u00a0on Sunday \u2013 and ex-PGMOL chief Keith Hackett has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to share a concern about the all-London clash. 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