AVB blasts referee Webb

by Setanta Staff , 06 February 2012 Chelsea

Andre Villas-Boas says Howard Webb cost Chelsea all three points and believes top referees should be in charge of the top games.


Chelsea raced into a 3-0 lead against Manchester United on Sunday but the visitors were awarded two penalties by Webb which were both converted by Wayne Rooney before Javier Hernandez grabbed the equaliser.

The penalty decisions by Webb, particularly the second one, left Villas-Boas fuming and he says United were gifted a route back into the game.

Branislav Ivanovic was adjudged to have brought down Danny Welbeck but the Chelsea boss says Webb and his officials got it wrong.

"The second penalty was very, very dubious," Villas-Boas said. "I don't know if Howard Webb had the correct angle to make the decision, maybe the linesman made the decision but it was very unlucky from him to give it. "

I'm not sure if he was compensating from anything in the first half, but it was the wrong decision.

It was a big disappointment, generally, on the way it happened.

"(It was) a dubious decision that, in the end, shifted the running of the game. We expect in top games to have top refs and at the moment it hasn't been happening for us."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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