I have a feeling that this special mention for Mark Clattenburg's performance in this game will do nothing to endear me to the Hull City fans. And I can understand their frustration; there were a number of decisions for Hull that he either failed to see & or inexplicably gave in Chelsea's favour.
These decisions however, were all minor, mainly taking place in the middle of the pitch. There is a valid argument that the number of these minor decisions going against you will culminate in having an affect on the outcome of the game. But this would be impossible to measure so I can only monitor those incidents that are key & clearly game defining decisions - and Mark Clattenburg got all of those right.
I did omit a couple of other decisions as I did not feel they were controversial enough - but even these decisions the ref got right. Both were potential red cards; one for Terry, a potential second yellow for a stretched slide tackle, and one for Drogba, for a clash with McShane which resulted in the latter leaving the game with a bleeding brow.
Terry actually reached the ball, it was a fabulous tackle. Drogba & McShane clashed heads and then Drogba took a petualant swipe at fresh air which was worthy of the yellow card it received.
With the benefit of video replays, I think there is little debate over any of the key decisions made by Clattenburg in this game and, for this reason, I feel he deserves this special mention. It was a really stormy match and at times he did make some strange decisions but got it right when it really mattered.
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WB
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