Showing posts with label David Luiz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Luiz. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

How would the Premier League look if the big calls were given correctly?

Ever wondered how the league would change if all the big refereeing talking points in games went correctly?

Here is how the league would look if the huge decisions in games were given appropriately.

The red card decisions are given by when they were (i.e David Luiz red card would've been in 3rd minute so unlikely Chelsea would've won all three points with ten men for 87 minutes)

Using this Stoke have been the most fortunate side this season, where as QPR and Liverpool have been the unluckiest.

Some big and incorrect decisions (i.e Gary Cahill red card vs Tottenham), I've not included as in all likely-hood they wouldn't have had an impact on the game.

Liverpool players react as they surround referee Friend after he sent off Spearing for fouling Fulham's Dembele during their English Premier League so

Biggest movers up
QPR would move into the top half of the table (Three places)
Liverpool would move up one place, but gain four points (One place)
Wigan would be out of the bottom three (Two places)




Biggest fallers
Stoke would fall from 8th down to 12th (Four places)
West Brom would slip into the bottom three (Three places)
Chelsea would fall to sixth (Three places)


Manchester City (+1)
+1 vs. Chelsea- David Silva should have been awarded a penalty when they were leading 1-0.

Manchester United (0)
+2 vs. Newcastle- Demba Ba’s penalty was an incorrect decision.

Chelsea (-3)
-2 vs. Chelsea- David Silva should have been awarded a penalty when Chelsea were trailing 1-0.
-2 vs. Newcastle- David Luiz should’ve seen red at 0-0.
+1 vs. Manchester United- 2 goals offside.

Tottenham (-1)
+1 vs. Stoke- Should’ve had either a goal or penalty at 1-2.
-2 vs. Fulham- Kyle Walker handball should’ve cost them a win.

Arsenal (0)
No point change

Liverpool (+4)
+3 vs. Fulham- Luiz Suarez disallowed goal at 0-0 plus Jay Spearing red card.
-2 vs. Everton- Jack Rodwell red card was wrong and could’ve changed game.
+1 vs. Stoke- Two penalty decisions went against Liverpool.
+2 vs. Sunderland- Kieron Richardson should've been sent off early on, probably wouldn't get a point.

Newcastle (-2)
-1 vs. Manchester United- Demba Ba’s penalty was incorrect decision.
-2 vs. Wolves- Wolves incorrect disallowed goal.

Stoke (-5)
-2 vs. Liverpool- Two penalty decisions went against Liverpool.
-1 vs. Norwich- Leon Barnett red card was wrong, meaning Norwich might have held on.

Aston Villa (0)
+1 vs. West Brom- Chris Herd dismissal was wrong.
-1 vs. QPR- Villa’s penalty was an incorrect one.

Norwich (+1)
-1 vs. Blackburn- Incorrect penalty for Norwich in last minute.
+2 vs. Stoke- Leon Barnett red card was never a red card.

Swansea (0)
No point change

Everton (+1)

QPR (+4)
+2 vs. West Brom- Shaun Wright-Phillips incorrect disallowed goal.
+2 vs. Aston Villa- Villa’s penalty was an incorrect one.

Fulham (-1)
+1 vs. Tottenham- Kyle Walker blatant handball at 1-2.

West Brom (-3)
-2 vs. Aston Villa- Chris Herd red card was never a dismissal at 0-1.

Sunderland (-2)
+1 vs. Wolves- Jamie O’Hara handled the ball before Fletcher scored winner.
-2 vs. Blackburn- Chris Samba disallowed header would’ve made it 0-2.
-1 vs. Liverpool- Richardson should have been sent off, they probably wouldn't get a point.

Wolves (-1)
-2 vs. Sunderland- Jamie O’Hara handled the ball before Fletcher scored winner.

Wigan (+2)

Blackburn (+2)
+1 vs. Sunderland- Chris Samba disallowed header would’ve made 2-0.
+2 vs. Norwich- Last minute penalty for Norwich was incorrect.

Bolton
No point change

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Chelsea make winning start

Second half goals from David Luiz and Juan Mata were enough for Chelsea to overcome a decent Bayern Leverkusen side in their Champions League opener.

For large spells of the game Chelsea were average and Leverkusen can feel slightly unfortunate not to leave Stamford Bridge with a point. Until Luiz opened the scoring the game was cagey and a drab affair, and with Manchester United up next in the league for  beaten 2008 Champions League finalists, Andre Villas-Boas's side will have to improve.

Both sides had early questionable goals disallowed, with Leverkusen the team with more reason to feel aggrieved as Omer Toprak's header was cancelled out for an apparent push on Chelsea's Florent Malouda. Whilst a combination of Fernando Torres's backheeled flick towards goals and Raul Merelies's attempt at guiding the ball home was disallowed as the latter's contribution was deemed to have interfered with play.

The only real other chances of note in a quiet first half saw Torres and Daniel Sturridge both thwarted by Leno in the Leverkusen goal.

After the break Leverkusen attacked with more threat and on his return to Stamford Bridge Michael Ballack nearly gave the 2002 finalists a surprise lead, however his one on one chance was saved well by Petr Cech, who otherwise had little to do.

With his side struggling to break down Leverkusen, Villas-Boas brought on Nicolas Anelka and Frank Lampard, and despite neither have a part in the opener, the goal arrived shortly after the duo's entry.

Luiz started and ended the move of the match to give his side the lead. After a surge into the German's half, Luiz found Ashley Cole who fed the ball into Torres whose first time lay-off was superbly curled in from the Brazilian centre half giving Leno no chance.

Moments later Mata nearly doubled the hosts lead, however he didn't have to wait long to register his second Chelsea goal. Torres did well to escape the challenge of Luiz Castro, and when he bore down on Reno in the Leverkusen goal, the Torres unselfishly squared for his Spanish compatriot who had the simplest of tasks to finish off with the goal gaping.

Elsewhere in Group E, the Belgain side Genk held Valencia to a goalless draw, meaning Chelsea topped the table after the opening round of games.

Chelsea's David Luiz
Luiz's curling effort opened the scoring for Chelsea.