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Who will it be? My money is on Kevin Friend in the middle and Mark Clattenbrug as fourth official.

Should the goalkeeper have been sent off about 1 minute in?

A brave decision, given that there was clearly contact, but I think it was a fantastic one as essentially Falcao kicked Cahill and tried to make it look as though it were the other way around. Blatant cheating and I am glad Mike Dean gave it.

Steve Bruce said it was a red card, as did Danny Murphy, Jermaine Jenas thought not. I agree with Kevin Friend - it wasn't VC, it was just a trailing arm.

In a goal/no goal situation when, as AR, you want to give a goal, which signal should you use? Some referees say flag straight up then run to the halfway line, others say just run back without a flag.

Who will it be? Nobody has refereed it without being fourth official for ten years, which suggests it should be Kevin Friend, Mike Jones or Anthony Taylor. I don't think Jones is good enough and Taylor has longer left so I reckon it will be Kevin Friend with Clattenburg, Oliver or Pawson as...

Not red for me, Chelsea players influenced the decision IMO

I am sure that a thread will have been created about this, but I couldn't find one. Are we allowed to use vanishing spray?

With regards to the handball, as somebody who will defend an official's decision against media criticism at all costs, missing that is inexcusable as a professional assistant referee. With regards to the red card, I can certainly see why it was given and there was a kick of sorts, but I'm...

For me, neither were penalties, but a lot of respect for Nigel Pearson for saying that referees are human beings and thus accepting that mistakes are made rather than just criticising Mike Jones.

What did you all think of Top Gear? I was shocked at just how little the police intervened, and how they effectively supported the attackers.

For me, Mason got it right with both the yellow card and the penalty. Thoughts?

As I expected, if you play an all Premier League match on FIFA 15, the officials wear the new Nike referee kit with the Premier League logo and, of course, the EA Sports arm patches

I am amazed it has got to Sunday night and nobody has created a thread about this. I was surprised when Rooney was red carded and even more surprised when Van Gaal backed up the referee. Am I the only one who thought it should have been yellow?

Paul Tierney has been appointed to Swansea vs. WBA. Is that the first time since the Select Group was created that a non SG official was appointed to referee a PL game? (odd considering Atkinson is fourth official).

Definite goal - saw it with the naked eye but why did it take him so long to give it?

The Diego Costa yellow card for simulation. For me, it wasn't a dive, but it wasn't a penalty because he seemed to trip over the ball and land on Heaton. Thoughts?

FourFourTwo and the Telegraph both fancy Southend to win the league - that never happens!! :)

How was that not a red card?????

Great penalty decision - so glad to see he have that, sends out a good message for the rest of the tournament. Did anyone else notice that the referee didn't wait for the ARs to leave the pitch together - he just headed straight off which is bad form. Never thought I'd say this but I love...