Another day of football and more outrage towards Premier League officials. Referee Stuart Atwell dismissed Roberto De Zerbi and Cristian Stellini during Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Brighton – but just a part of the story.Goals from Son Heung-min and Harry Kane kept up the Spurs’ hopes of a top-four finish this season, whilst Brighton dropped to 7th following the defeat. But after the game, Brighton players and coaches confronted Atwell about his handling of the game.This is all #BHAFC need to hand to @premierleague and @FA_PGMOL with a request for an explanation… pic.twitter.com/bQIT76M7Sm— North Stand Chat (@NorthStandChat) April 8, 2023 Brighton thought they had equalised soon after Son scored the opening goal for the home team. Kaoru Mitoma hit a superb volley past Hugo Lloris, but VAR showed he had controlled the ball with the top of his arm before shooting, and it was ruled out.##NAJAVA_MECA_7161304##Captain Lewis Dunk levelled with a header ten minutes before the break. The momentum was with the Seagulls who thought they should have gone ahead when Danny Welbeck shot home from the edge of the area, only for VAR to intervene again and rule that the ball went past Lloris via the hand of Alexis MacAllister. Atwell then solved the problem of the technical area confrontation by sending off both managers and ensuring the game would be talked about for all the wrong reasons.Harry Kane won the game for the home team ten minutes before the final whistle and angry travelling fans sang “2-1 to the referee”, having seen their side have two goals ruled out for handball offences and denied at least one penalty.Four game-changing decisions made by VAR against Brighton today. VAR saw the angles that we saw and still made four wrong calls. Stuart Atwell, on the other hand, hasn’t seen any of them more than once because Michael Salisbury did not believe they warranted his opinion. #BHAFC— Charlie Parker-Turner (@CParkerTurner) April 8, 2023 After the game, famous English football journalist Richard Keys slated the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) and its head, former referee Howard Webb.”The honeymoon is over Howard Webb and PGMOL. Get a grip. There have been some shocking decisions with no team more hard done by than Brighton.”
