Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Arsenal vs Liverpool ref Howard Webb escapes demotion over his FA Cup stinker



Whistler who will represent England at this summer's World Cup should have given Reds a second penalty and also sent off their skipper Steven Gerrard
Blundering Howard Webb will not be demoted, despite his high-profile errors in the FA Cup last weekend.
Webb, England's World Cup referee, is set to take charge of Cardiff's clash with Hull on Saturday.
The news comes despite Webb causing controversy by not awarding Liverpool what looked a clear penalty in their 2-1 loss to Arsenal when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain brought down Luis Suarez, having already given them a spot-kick for a Lukas Podolski foul on the Uruguayan.

Webb also decided not to give a second yellow card to the Anfield giants' captain Steven Gerrard in the same fifth round tie.
But the Premier League are reluctant to demote officials to matches in the Football League unless they have a bad run of games rather than what are deemed to be one-off errors.

“It’s a blatant penalty and we’re very disappointed not to get it,” said LIverpool boss Brendan Rodgers.
“It was absolutely another penalty. With the first one Luis gets clipped and it’s a clear penalty, but the second one was even clearer.
“Howard was in a great position. I’m not sure if it was because it was so quick after the first one.
“With the type of player he is and the aggression in our offensive play we provoke a lot of challenges, especially Luis, who is always in and around the box asking questions of defenders. Quite a lot of the time he doesn’t get what he deserves.
“He got one today, but should have had two. If it’s a penalty he should get it, irrespective of what his reputation is. For me that was quite an easy decision.
“We came here and virtually dominated. To end up with nothing disappoints.”

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