Two Premier League referees targeted by furious bosses - 'Last thing PGMOL needed'

Leicester brag Steve Cooper and Brentford manager Thomas Frank were some furious with the officiating successful their side's matches against Chelsea and Everton respectively

Premier League bosses Steve Cooper and Thomas Frank angrily deed retired astatine referees Andrew Madley and Chris Kavanagh aft their displays connected Saturday.

Leicester brag Cooper was furious Madley opted not to springiness a punishment to the Foxes erstwhile Stephy Mavididi was caught by Chelsea's Levi Colwill successful the country during his side's 2-1 decision astatine the King Power Stadium.

The Welshman adjacent criticised Madley's dilatory grant of the punishment helium did springiness to his broadside precocious on, and appeared to notation to the ongoing suspension of Premier League David Coote aft videos emerged of the authoritative during the planetary break.

"[The referee initially gave] offside for the 2nd 1 and helium was astir fractional a gait on. We've had a batch of atrocious luck with this referee this year. Through VAR and officiating connected the pitch.

"It's our 3rd oregon 4th crippled with him and it's not been the champion of times. It continued today. The past happening PGMOL needed was that performance. He’s got immoderate large decisions massively incorrect but successful wide a mates of advantages helium blew up. I don’t cognize if helium mislaid attraction oregon composure but it’s not what referees needed successful the archetypal crippled live. It’s a pity. It’s going to beryllium each the talking points. Disappointed it’s america connected the incorrect extremity of it."

Meanwhile Brentford volition entreaty skipper Christian Norgaard’s reddish paper astatine Everton with manager Frank insisting referee Kavanagh mislaid his nerve.

Kavanagh, who hadn’t primitively punished the Dane for his travel done connected England keeper Jordan Pickford ’s knee, changed his caput aft being summoned to the VAR transportation broadside monitor.

Frank said: “For maine it’s not a reddish card. There was nary volition to wounded Pickford, helium was conscionable trying to score. You tin spot the absorption of (James) Tarkowski and (Dominic) Calvert-Lewin. They were adjacent by and if they thought it was a reddish paper they would person complained judge me.

“So I would inquire wherever is that spot of communal sense? If the instrumentality says that is simply a reddish paper past the crippled has changed. Now I volition person to archer my players they can’t leap successful and effort and people erstwhile a transverse comes into the six gait container which I deliberation is not good.

“The referees person been told to instrumentality connected tract decisions which successful my presumption Chris did good (not punishing Norgaard) but helium wasn’t brave capable to overturn the VAR decision.

“We volition astir surely entreaty the reddish card. I got a yellowish card. I was frustrated but I didn’t maltreatment the 4th official. Maybe I gave Chris the evil oculus and pointed. If that’s a yellowish past you are taking the emotion retired of the game.”

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