Premier League Back Under-Fire Referees Despite Complaints And Criticisms

Premier League Back Under-Fire Referees Despite Complaints And Criticisms

Despite criticisms over their performance at Old Trafford last weekend, Stuart Attwell and Robert Jones will oversee Premier League games this weekend.

Attwell will be in charge of Brighton’s match against Newcastle at home on Saturday night, according to the Premier League, while Jones will officiate Wolves’ trip to Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Jones will also serve as a VAR referee the day before when Brentford hosts Bournemouth.

As Manchester United rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Nottingham Forest 3-2 on Saturday, the pair came under scrutiny for a number of questionable decisions.

On Tuesday, Forest lodged a formal complaint with the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) after Attwell sent off skipper Joe Worrall and awarded United a penalty.

Worrall was deemed to be the last man when he fouled Bruno Fernandes, despite the fact Forest centre-back Willy Boly was close by.

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Attwell then awarded United a penalty just minutes later after Danilo fouled Marcus Rashford in the box, with Fernandes converting what ultimately proved to be the winning goal.

Forest manager Steve Cooper was left seething at the officiating, but refused to openly criticise Attwell.

‘In games like this you need things to be how they should,’ he said after the game.

‘I am not going to talk too much as I don’t want to get into trouble but I was surprised how quickly the decisions were made.

‘You just bite your tongue in terms of what [you] really feel but of course they were defining moments.’

Meanwhile, Michel Oliver will take charge of Manchester City’s home game against Fulham on Saturday and Anthony Taylor will officiate United’s trip to Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.

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