If Jose Mourinho thought he was striking out against the refereeing union with his comments last week, then his great friend Harry Redknapp may well have taken the brunt of their fight-back this weekend. Had it not been for the officials in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea, his Spurs side might well have broken their barren run in West London. As it is, the last time they won at the Bridge, Redknapp didn’t look anything like the Churchill dog.
Blame for the first Chelsea goal could be levelled at Spurs’ ‘keeper Heurelho Gomes but seeing as the ball didn’t cross the line then it’s hard to blame anyone but the referee’s assistant. The terrible officiating will also reignite the debate on goal line technology and whether it should be made compulsory.
It understandably has the bookies a little hard, with Graham Sharpe at William Hill commenting, “This incident will no doubt provoke huge debate, which might at last result in the issue being properly addressed.
“When all is said and done that one decision might effectively result in Manchester United failing to win the title they have been so heavily backed to capture.”
Although if they hadn’t have done it, the title race wouldn’t still be open and the Premier League would still be ever so boring for the remainder of the season. So, thanks refs!
Sky’s Premier League Super Sunday spunk-fest road show rolled along to the Emirates with Arsenal blowing the other set of title race doors open after beating Man Utd by a solitary goal.
Aaron Ramsey’s strike was all that they needed to see off Sir Alex Ferguson’s side who, obviously, blamed the referee for their loss. Maybe this top manager might realize that it’s getting a little old to just blame the ref the whole time but nothing’s really going to get anywhere near Mourinho so they can pretty much do what they want.
Next Sunday could now be a title decider at Old Trafford and if Chelsea win those odds of 20/1 to win the league in early February may well make some people a shed load of cash.
