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Referee Anthony Taylor Dropped By FA After Arsenal Horror Show
Referee Anthony Taylor has been dropped by the FA for this weekends Premier League fixtures after his horror show at the Emirates on Saturday.
While our 3-1 loss can’t be blamed solely on his inept performance, it certainly was a contributing factor as Taylor got several decisions wrong throughout the 90 minutes. As well as giving a number of contentious free-kicks for minor offences, Taylor also drew criticism for a few of the more decisive decisions.
He awarded Villa a penalty even though he had allowed advantage after Szczesny had brought down Agbonlahor in the area. There would have been no complaints had he pointed to the spot straight away but he waived play-on as the goal was at their mercy, but when the Villa player sent the ball wide he awarded a penalty giving the away side a second bite at the cherry.
This one still hasn’t been cleared up as I’m not sure what the exact ruling is, but it is many people’s understanding that once advantage has been played you can’t simply bring it back because Villa missed the chance.
Then of course there was the decision to award a second penalty when Koscielny played the ball. This one was a tough call as from his angle it was difficult to see the touch, but an incorrect call none-the-less and no doubt the game-changing moment. Koscielny was subsequently given a booking – which would not have been the case had the ref correctly awarded a corner instead of the spot kick.
Minutes later he confounded his error by giving Kos a second, and harsh, yellow card. So a goal and a man down due to the ineptitude of the official.
Taylor also completely lost control of the game at times and ended up dishing out four yellows and one red card to Arsenal and five yellow cards to Aston Villa in a game that could be described ‘spikey’ at best.
I’m sure there were other obvious errors from the referee that I haven’t mentioned but it was a truly diabolical display from the man in the middle and he’s rightly been demoted from Premier League duty for the upcoming fixtures.
Howard Webb has been handed our game away at Fulham, hopefully he’ll be able to do a little better.
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Chris b
August 19, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Correct , he should have sent off Schezny too!
herbo
August 19, 2013 at 8:18 pm
r u insane?
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:22 am
Why?
He could easily have been sent off. I can put money had it been the other way round Wenger would have been moaning that Guzan should have gone. Both Penalty decisions were bang on the money from a Technical perspective – replays have proven this.
menace
August 19, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Not a sending off offence – going for the ball is a GKs job. Gabby dived over him when the ball was kicked in a different direction. In truth GA should have been sent off for a fantastic bit of diving. Taylor was waiting for these like the second pen. There is no way Taylor saw a foul. He saw a few more far eastern dollars. The elbow on Gibbs and the spike of Sagna were the most blatant abuse of laws of the game yet the PGMOL boys saw nothing!!!! as did MOTD. Corruption personified.
referee
August 19, 2013 at 8:55 pm
This is 100% wrong. It is not a case of the goalkeeper going for the ball, it is a case of the last defender denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity. It is written in the laws of the game, which is published by FIFA, that such an offense can be worthy of a sending off.
RobM
August 19, 2013 at 10:04 pm
If you want to argue that sending Chesney off would have been too harsh then maybe you have a point, but if he had then the decision would have had more grounding in reality than some of the other decisions he made.
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:25 am
Yep, all the pundits, T’V replays are wrong. You are perfect example of a muppet stuck in his own cubicle. Everyone is corrupt because they do not bow to your blinkered superior knowledge. You are exactly the type of fan that makes Arsenal fans look THICK moaning little TWATS!!
Jonßob
August 19, 2013 at 9:55 pm
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Stewart
August 19, 2013 at 7:01 pm
The second penalty was the correct decision, the Arsenal players trailing leg caught the Villa player from behind before the ball was touched. FACT.
baks
August 19, 2013 at 7:18 pm
your name should be steward nt the other way… Fool
Tom
August 19, 2013 at 7:41 pm
If you’d have watched match of the day you’d have seen video evidence that the first and 2nd penaltys were infact correct. They even made a case for the red aswell saying some refs would give it others wouldn’t as he was lunging in, in a dangerous fashion although i can’t say i’d have given the 2nd yellow myself :’)
menace
August 19, 2013 at 8:43 pm
MOTD was absolutely wrong in their assessment. The trailing leg was accidental and not a foul. The idiots on MOTD are uneducated and pontificate like they have read the Laws of The Game. They have not got the slightest idea of the interpretation of these Laws.
Jason Reddall
August 19, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Since when is an accidental foul not a foul??? he caught Gabbys left leg with his right, whether he did it on purpose or not is irrelevant.
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:30 am
What do you mean by accidental, that comment in itself is hilarious. How many penalties are given where the defender says he deliberately fouled the player!!
WBA conceded a last minute penalty. The defender ACCIDENTALLY fouled the Southampton forward to conceded the penalty.
That’s right, the rules should be changed for Wenger and Arsenal…lol…what a joke, the excuses coming out just beggers belief….
5hit on the villa, 5hit on the villa tonight
August 19, 2013 at 8:17 pm
Try having your own opinion instead of regurgitating one premiership medal only alan elbows doesn’t like it when it’s dished oit to him shearer. Ball first, mug.
EamsVilla
August 19, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Small time clown
Jonßob
August 19, 2013 at 9:54 pm
U nerd, the motive of the defender was to clear the ball and that’s wat he did. Any other effects are 3rd parties.
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:46 am
So a defender going through the back of player with the same motive is also not a foul is he does not get the ball first??.
Are you saying anything else is third party?
Seriously go and read up on the rules of how the game should be played, then make a comment. Making comments like you just did makes you look foolish and someone who does not have a clue.
BS
August 19, 2013 at 7:04 pm
It seems Arsenal fans, much like their manager, are rather bad losers. Not sure how you can complain about the first penalty – the referee never signalled that he was playing an advantage. Thus, no advantage was played and the correct decision was made by awarding the blatant penalty.
As for the second penalty, as has been pointed out, Agbonlahor was actually brought down before Koscielny touched the ball. As per the rules, this also makes it a foul and subsequently a penalty. Otherwise where do you draw the line? Just because he did manage to get a touch on the ball, it does not make it a foul as the first event to happen was him bringing down Agbonlahor. So if you accept that it was a foul, it was also a fair yellow card.
I would grant you that the second yellow could be construed as harsh, but it was certainly a late challenge and a foul. I doubt it would have been questioned had it been his first yellow card.
Kevin Weaver
August 19, 2013 at 7:39 pm
Dear BS, who is complaining about the first penalty? I haven’t spoken to any Arsenal fan who doesn’t think it was a penalty. I’m in favour of referees allowing time for an advantage to accrue and if it doesn’t, award the free kick. On that basis, penalty, no problem! I also think Szczesny was lucky to stay on.
With regards to the 2nd penalty, I thought it was a good tackle, I don’t recall Agbonlahor appealing. Im slightly to the other end of the ground so I wanted to see MOTD and their analysis. If that was a penalty I wouldn’t have an issue as long as all challenges are treated equally. The will be a lot more penalties! In that case Jack Wilshere should have had a penalty in the second half, right in front of here I sit.
What is most galling for Arsenal fans at the match (you were AT the match were you?) Was that Anthony Taylor allowed Aston Villa to rough up Arsenal without any censure. Jack Wilshere was kicked from pillar to post. Personally I preferred the days when whoever kicked one of our smaller players had to answer to Patrick Viera, Martin Keown, Lauren or Dennis Bergkamp! Taylor was clearly more sympathetic to Aston Villa than Arsenal.
billys boots
August 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm
i have been reading these comments about so called dirty villa. if a player leads with both feet of the floor and catches the opposing player, isn’t that supposed to be a red also. i don’t see many arsenal fans shouting about ox chamberlains tackle on Luna from the roof tops.and saying that i don’t think that it was a dirty game. your letting yourselves down whinging about poor refereeing decisions i bet spurs fans are pissing themselves at your reactions. if you watch the rest of the season i think villa will turn a few other teams over
5hit on the villa, 5hit on the villa tonight
August 19, 2013 at 8:23 pm
Dear one eyed king in the land of the blind, Lambert clearly sent out his team with instructions to practise rotational foulimg on the midfield. Didn’t your captain concede post-match that he rode his luck with his conduct? Your keeper played a blinder bu a draw would have been fair given the licence to kick, trip, amd check our players the hapless referee iinadvertently presented to villa
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:35 am
How about Wilshere who constant moaning deserved a red. It’s either the ref, Arsenal players being bullied, teams defending properly not making it easy for you guys to score….what the…it’s called a competitive match, man up or…
The joke is that I thought Spurs fans were bad, but they are not that bad compared to Arsenal fans, they for me are now the worse fans in the division….
donald
August 19, 2013 at 8:36 pm
Its so painful when people don’t see reality on the pitch just because of rivalship….the officiating of arsenal was so bad…infact can’t really tell the problem of centre ref with arsenal….sentiment aside, england need to reorganised their match officiating if not….what i expect to see in that match was for a player to kick the centre referee…
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:40 am
No what’s painful is your comment. Wenger comment summed it up when he said it’s not any particular issue, it goes deeper then that. What the hell was he on about???
He is a embarrassment every time a result does not go your way. Why did he not back up his comments with some facts, rather then mumbling deeper then that. We had a player booked when it was you player who went it two footed – i’m sure that yellow will be rescinded.
I’m so pleased Lambert has not stooped to Wenger gutter level…
Jonßob
August 19, 2013 at 9:58 pm
I like the viera bit
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:53 am
I see you saw the analysis of the second penalty on MOTD and from a technical perspective it was a definite penalty. So what ever the view from the ref, or angle you want to look at, the correct decision was made.
What I do find galling is you did not pay the same attention to the Wilshere dive and claim that was a penalty. Did you bother the look at the MOTD replays and see all the pundits agreed it was not a penalty. What did you expect, the defenders to step out of the way and let him walk the ball into the back of the net.
No tackle was even made, he ran into the players and flopped to the ground, and his face said it all when he appealed for a penalty.
Get a grip, if you are going to analyse the penalties for the opposition, how about doing the same for the one you claim should have been awarded to you guys, if you want any credibility!!
stefan
August 20, 2013 at 3:10 am
If you want to talk about roughing up you should rewatch some of the challenges rosicky went flying into!! Wilshire is just a small petulant child who throws his toys out the pram whenever hes touched… But then arsenal have always wanted the prem to become a non contact league, go and play in la liga if thats what you want..
Pride
August 19, 2013 at 8:45 pm
Hv neva sea a full lyk those people who said 2nd penalty is right as decided by the stupid ref
Jonßob
August 19, 2013 at 10:00 pm
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Nick
August 19, 2013 at 7:06 pm
He should have sent Vlar off.
He should have booked Oxlade chamberlain and not Luna.
He was right to send off Koscielny and he was spot on with both penalties.
He was right not to send off Szcesny.
So it was a mixed bag of decisions, not sure it’s worth a demotion.?
Dave
August 19, 2013 at 7:07 pm
You Gunners were lucky to have even 10 men on the pitch,you got away lightly.
I’m sure Taylor will get a rap on the knuckles for missing some incidents but on the whole he did a fair job, what you guys miss is the teams out of the top four struggling to get a fair game with all your play-acting and “professional” play.
UTV
Krf
August 19, 2013 at 7:10 pm
For the first penalty I presume the rule is exactly the same as anywhere on the pitch. The ref can play advantage, then if there isn’t any, bring the game back to the original offence. I think he got that one 100% correct. The second penalty was harsh, but not necessarily wrong. Difficult one, could have gone either way. Very rare for the decision to go to the away team when they are playing at one of the Sky Four grounds. Lots of other poor calls by him I agree, but they went both ways. At times Villa fans were just as infuriated as Arsenal.
Nick
August 19, 2013 at 7:13 pm
If I was a ref I’d be sending Wilshere off every game. That bloke doesn’t have a chip on his shoulder, he has a whole bundle….
stefan
August 20, 2013 at 3:16 am
Spot on, despise the kid, good player but throws a hissy fit every 5 minutes!!
wambam
August 19, 2013 at 7:14 pm
The first penalty:
In the rules of the game advantage can not be given inside the area, so once he waved play on and allowed the shot on goal he couldn’t award the penalty. He did, and that’s an incorrect decision.
The game changed from then on, so anything else is largely irrelevant. However I concede the second penalty was correct as Stewart says, Koscielny’s trailing leg clipped Gabby.
His sending off was unjust. I’m still unsure if contact was made, but even if it was it was minimal. Not a yellow card. The double standards were compounded when Vlaar quite cynically brought down Rosiscky 10 minutes later, already on a yellow.
An independent audit last year showed we lost 23 points due to referee double standards and incorrect calls. This year we’re at least 2 down, probably 3.
Nick
August 19, 2013 at 7:16 pm
He didn’t wave play on. He paused to take in the full picture.
Rolta
August 19, 2013 at 7:20 pm
“At least down 2 probably 3”?!!!
Hahaha.
Jason Reddall
August 19, 2013 at 10:07 pm
Did he actually “wave play on”?? i don’t recall him doing so, there was merely a delay in him pointing to the spot, he didn’t make the waving play on signal with his arms.
Rolta
August 19, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Bad loser. I do however think Vlaar was lucky not to be sent off. That was the most significant inconsistency considering he was handing yellows to everyone for a spell, especially Luna who had done nothing wrong.
Two definite penalties and that unspellable goalkeeper should have been sent off.
Simon
August 19, 2013 at 7:23 pm
What do you ean exactly by “dropped by the FA”? What is the source, sources? Please tell. This information would obviously be the heart of a good artical.
craigy
August 19, 2013 at 7:25 pm
If a ref gives a few decisions that the sky four dont like he gets a demotion making it more likely he will favour them in future games. If the decisions had gone against Villa he would be reffing a premier league game next weekend. Our league is becoming a total joke !
Villa_top4
August 19, 2013 at 7:26 pm
Such a ridiculous article. Was he actually on the fixture for this weekend, and exactly what decisions did he get wrong??
Not sending off your goalie, or sending off your defender for two obvious bookable offenses. Actually Wiltshire deserved to be sent off for his constant moaning and diving at every opportunity. He is better served trying to play to his talents then being a right plonker.
For the record just in case you were not aware of it, Dermot Gallagher take on it was that Taylor had a good game.
Rather then moaning, how about pointing to facts on what were the key decisions that Taylor got wrong and why you were so comprehensively beaten by a better side.
romeo john
August 19, 2013 at 7:41 pm
referee suspension or action was actually a wakeup call to Mr.penny wise ! pounds foolish wenger n the dutiless gazidis whom earns free salaries . I would be surprised all of a sudden there are now quality players overnight. Immagine arsenal loosing a player like Victor wayama to a club like South Hampton ,not to talk about higuayin, capoue, ben arfa vertoghen just to mention a few .
Stuart Cole
August 19, 2013 at 7:46 pm
O dear, every one else to blame…wake up and smell the coffee, the only one we got away with was Vlaar could of gone, but then so could your keeper..your board, manager and team are to blame….
Umar
August 19, 2013 at 7:48 pm
When wilshere was trown in the penalty area,when rosicky were kicked everywhere when vlaar did the same thing koscielny did, when koscielny was never warned,when agbolahor dived(even i don’t fall for little touches for all penalties he gets)when we get a foul for every little contact when they bully us like street football no rules,we blame our manager,but i don’t for losing to villa.i blame him for lack of squad players against fernabache and blame the ref for villa defeat anthony is the villian
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:09 am
You being serious, total delusion. It was a clear dive by Wilshere as all the replays on Sky and MOTD showed, what more proof do you need??
Or do you expect the ref to bend over and give you the penalty???
Yes Vlaar could have gone, just like your goalie, so things evened themselves out.
Yes we also had Luna who got booked when he was the innocent injured party, it was a two footed challenge by your player, expect that card to be rescinded.
The problem with Wenger and Arsenal fans is that it has become a common theme to complain about the ref, the opposition not playing to Arsenal strengths so you can walk the ball into the back of the net, the weather, Uncle Bobs dog down the road…actually anything that comes to mind – it’s pathetic…
As the season progresses, I’ll expect more complaints from Wenger and Arsenal fans…what a sad bunch of losers you lot really are.
Gerald
August 19, 2013 at 7:50 pm
In fact gooners shoule ve bin thanked the referee cos he also sow that wenger was inactive in the transfer market.so let wenger once again panic like last season wen he was beaten by manu 8 to 2.so i wish him well.en dis s’d be wengers last season at the emirates cosz his minds r now expiree;precenile stage.
docbrody
August 19, 2013 at 7:54 pm
First of all, even Wenger did not blame the Ref for the loss.
Second of all, the Ref did indeed have a bad game.
I am not surprised he has been dropped by the FA.
dee
August 19, 2013 at 7:54 pm
There have been many comments on the ref’s performance. I have not read one single negative one that was not from an Arse fan. Everyone else seems to think it was a strong ref performance which also made for a very entertaining match. I enjoyed it. I suspect Arse fans may have to get used to the feeling of trying to find an external justification for losing. I like the uncomplicated one; you just weren’t good enough.
Cropak
August 19, 2013 at 7:55 pm
For all the people moaning that the ref cost us the match. Get real we lost against a mid table team because our team has no guts or desire to fight to the end and no real quality. Add this to the bumbling fools that run the club. Wenger needs a reality check, Gazidas needs to get lost and Silent Stan Donkey Needs to P@&S OFF, before its too late.
Mark H
August 19, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Should be dropped not sending the keeper off! Ya got beat fair and square quick making excuses gooooner
Stu
August 19, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Clutching at straws, the ref was inconsistent when it came to fouls, but suggesting they all went Villa’s way is ridiculous. He also got the key decisions right. For the 1st penalty I don’t remember him ‘waving play on’, he took a second to see if there was an advantage, which there wasn’t. The 2nd was a penalty, the defenders knee caught the strikers trailing leg before he touched the ball. Sending off was fifty fifty, possibly could have given a final warning.
Also the referees don’t necessarily officiate every weekend anyway, do you have a source for him being ‘dropped’
Shama
August 19, 2013 at 8:00 pm
You should blame wenger for arsenal disaster. Not ref.
paul
August 19, 2013 at 8:05 pm
beaten by a better side and outsung by better supporters.. fact…
lets be honest, arsenal played their best football when they were down to 10 men, but all and all villa were the better side. FACT
Roy
August 19, 2013 at 8:11 pm
What a disappointing bunch the Arsenal fans appear to be, the truth of the matter is that this article was not based on any fact,(must be written by a gooner)and the frailty of the Arsenal support, who should be known as the 70 minuters ( I know its not a real word but seems to fit this article.) Its not Villas fault that Arsenal have not prepared for the new season and have failed to strengthen an over the hill team.
theDude
August 19, 2013 at 8:22 pm
What’s with all the villa fans stating “facts”? here’s one for ya, you have to go back to the 92-93 season to find villa above Arsenal at the end of the season… fact lool
Seriously you were at the top of the table for like 3 hours get over yourselves you’ll win just as much this year as last.
paul
August 19, 2013 at 8:44 pm
we have been european champions ,,, fact
get over yourself, you probably started supporting arseanl after they won the double via the invincible s.. FACT
billys boots
August 19, 2013 at 8:55 pm
well we cant knock you out of the next generation cup this year can we which i think was one cup more than arsenal last season
Actual Referee
August 19, 2013 at 8:25 pm
Taylor was picture perfect on the first penalty decision. He allowed play to continue for a moment, and when the advantage did not materialize, he awarded the penalty. That is precisely how referees are taught to treat that very scenario.
Regarding the question of whether Sczezny should have been sent off: Again, correct decision. The ball had been played away from goal. If instead the play continued in the direction of the goal, all of the criteria for DOGSO would have been satisfied.
Oddly, while I maintain that Taylor applied advantage properly for the first penalty, my opinion is that he missed several opportunities to apply advantage throughout the match, obviously frustrating the players.
I also thought it was quite odd that he cautioned the Villa player when Oxlade-Chamberlain looked like the obvious guilty party in that collision.
The second penalty looked like a clean tackle to me, but everyone, including the referee, is entitled to an opinion on that. Why he feels Koscielny needed to be cautioned for that challenge, I can’t answer. It was a simple foul, nothing particularly unsporting or otherwise. That said, the second caution for Koscielny is justifiable.
It was not an easy game to referee, and while I don’t think Taylor had a great performance, I don’t see it as grounds for not assigning him next week either.
EamsVilla
August 19, 2013 at 8:36 pm
Wouldn’t it make more sense if you guys parked the defeat and moved on? If Vlaar had just given a penalty away and then clipped one of your players minutes later to get sent off, we wouldn’t be looking for a scapegoat we’d be hammering Vlaar for being a prat. I don’t think you would have scored another goal if you had 13 men and we played till 6pm Sunday night. Show a bit of class – you were beaten by a better side who made you look pretty ordinary. You should be taking a strong look at Wiltshire who was garbage and let you guys down hugely – it must be difficult swanning around the pitch with an inflatable head tho’ UTV
donald
August 19, 2013 at 8:48 pm
Its indeed a pity when people see things from the wrong angle…forget about arsenal, chelsea, man u, liverpool, man city,spur things and face reality…the centre referee was not good enough in his officiating…he need to come up..it could happen to anyone…perhaps put yourself in their shoes okay….
paul
August 19, 2013 at 9:12 pm
speak engleeeeesh non comprehend thick man!!!!
ClockEndRider
August 19, 2013 at 9:15 pm
“Howard Webb has been handed our game away at Fulham, hopefully he’ll be able to do a little better.”
I like a man with a sense f humour…..
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:14 am
That’s of course he does not award Fulham a penalty even if one is deserved. For good measure he needs to send off one of their players to make it easier for you guys to win.
After the game he needs to go into the Arsenal dressing room, and collect his monies from Wenger and the Arsenal players.
Lets hope Jol plays with no defenders and all 10 players in the Arsenal half so it’s easier for you guys to score, otherwise more complaints from Wenger….it just goes on and on and on and on from Wenger and now it’s catching to all the moaning Arsenal fans like you….
Ibrahim
August 19, 2013 at 9:45 pm
He only gave a fouls to Arsenal when it breaks the flow of their play and even that was obvious to protect Newcastle from counter attacks. The man was a disgrace.
Villa_top4
August 20, 2013 at 12:18 am
Not sure what hoover dust you’ve been snorting, but you mentioning the wrong team just about summarises your understanding of match, let alone your analysis.
Cotton on, it was Villa and not Newcastle…
stefan
August 20, 2013 at 3:28 am
Hoover dust… Haha genius 🙂