Jamie Carragher clarified his views on Jon Moss’ refereeing performance at the weekend in the match between West Ham and Leicester.
Speaking on Monday Night Football, Carragher said that criticism of Jon Moss’ performance has been highly exaggerated and that the ref actually got the big decisions right in general.
Here’s what he said on the big incidents:
Vardy’s sending off
Carra believes Jamie Vardy’s dive was worthy of a second yellow card. He moved himself into Ogbonna and threw himself to the ground. Jon Moss had a great angle and made a brave, correct decision.
Foul on Reid
Despite not believing there is consistency in these type of situations, Carragher believes it was a foul on Winston Reid by Wes Morgan and was a penalty. So many are missed, such as the Robert Huth one earlier in the game, but after warning the players, he couldn’t not give a penalty.
Schlupp/Carroll penalty incident
Carragher initially believed that the referee had evened it up by giving the penalty and had bottled it. But after watching the replay from Jon Moss’ point of view, he said it was a correct decision again to give a penalty. Carroll apparently barged Schlupp over off the ball, giving the ref no choice.
This won’t make West Ham or Leicester fans very happy, and the referee had a shocker in spite of these big decisions. Huth not being penalised for a clear foul in the box was a prime example, and the Carroll decision was so harsh despite what video replays suggest. Carroll used his strength, maybe slightly too forcefully, but it shouldn’t warrant a penalty just because there was contact. Schlupp was looking for it without question.
Carragher has backed Jon Moss, but he has been subsequently withdrawn from refereeing in the next round of Premier League fixtures, which means the FA knows he didn’t have a good game.
