REF REVIEW: Jon Moss went looking for trouble - and he found it!
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The 45-year-old had a performance to forget as he got
every key decision wrong in Leicester City's 2-2 draw with West Ham on
Sunday
By Mark Halsey of You Are The Ref.com 
Follow on TwitterThe PGMOL never trust Jon Moss with the big Premier League games, and you can see why. He lost the plot once he sent off Jamie Vardy and it was a performance to forget for him.
Premier League referees are judged by the key match decisions they make, and for Moss, he got everything wrong in Leicester City’s draw with West Ham.
Once he sent off Vardy, his performance went downhill. He lacked consistency in his approach to the game. The first Vardy caution was careless, not reckless, so a free-kick was sufficient, it certainly wasn’t a yellow card. You could even argue that Cheikhou Kouyate tripped over Vardy’s leg.
For the second yellow, it’s difficult to see how Moss has seen that as simulation. Yes, there was contact, and Vardy did go down easily, but as a referee, you never go looking for trouble, because it comes back to bite you.
In that situation, experienced referees just play on. With Vardy’s collision in the box, Moss should have just let play continue, and he was too far away to make the call.
How many times do you warn defenders about grappling? Moss took the defenders to one side before he gave the penalty, but Wes Morgan on Winston Reid wasn’t even the worst one, many others went unpunished, he picked the wrong one.
If you compare it to the challenge on Vardy which led to his red card, what’s the difference?
And to then let Angelo Ogbonna’s hold on Robert Huth go unpunished was strange. That was more of a penalty than Morgan on Reid.
The decision against Andy Carroll was puzzling. Perhaps he was thinking about previous mistakes and he opted to give that one. It clearly wasn’t a penalty.
The West Ham striker could also face a charge from the Football Association after claiming in his post-match interview that Moss was “trying to even it up”.
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey was speaking to Chris Davie on behalf of You Are The Ref. For detailed referee analysis from the experts visit www.you-are-the-ref.com
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