Gallagher said that the night after the game, he called Clattenburg to discuss the issue of sending Torres off. In Clattenburg's view, the fall of Torres is an unnatural act. At that time, Torres had passed the ball so big that Evans was fouled. Maybe it is not accurate to say "diving", but according to the stipulation of "exaggerated fall" in rule 12 of the referee's rules, Clattenburg thought that Torres fell too easily and was suspected of cheating a free kick, so he got a yellow card.
Clattenburg was born in March 1975. He is a plumber by profession. Born in Newcastle, he is naturally a magpie fan. Because of this, he has never been a referee at Newcastle. 1990, 15-year-old Clattenburg began to join the referee team, 18-year-old became an assistant referee in Northern League A, and then officially began to become a referee. 1999 became the referee of the football parliament and football league, and in 2000, at the age of 25, he was quickly promoted to the national level, setting a record for the fastest promotion of England referees after the war. Since then, Clattenburg has started to implement the English low-level league, and in 2004 officially implemented the English Premier League competition. The most famous one in previous years was as 200 1/2002.
As a junior referee in Britain, Clattenburg was promoted quickly, but his basic law enforcement competitions in recent ten years mainly focused on domestic leagues, even the Champions League, even the European Cup and the World Cup. The most famous competition is the men's final of the 20 12 London Olympic Games. Although he is not reused outside, it is not difficult to see his position in the English referee.
However, Clattenburg's law enforcement career was full of controversy from the beginning. In a low-level league in 2002, he ignored a player who suffered two fractures in his calf due to the opponent's flying shovel, and finally retired, giving only a yellow card to the perpetrator; In the Merseyside Derby in June 2007, Clattenburg sent off Everton's hibbert and philip neville, and awarded Liverpool two penalties to help the Red Army win 2-/Kloc-0. Since then, Clattenburg has never enforced the game again, until today.
On June 5438+February, 2009, Clattenburg ruled the match between Manchester City and Bolton. After the game, Manchester City players revealed that at halftime, Clattenburg once said to their substitute players, "How can you stand staying with Bellamy for a whole week?" Later, in the second half, Clattenburg showed the Welsh winger two yellow cards twice for arguing with the referee and diving, although the slow-motion playback confirmed that Bellamy was indeed violated. At that time, Manchester City coach Hughes compared Bellamy's two yellow cards to be ridiculous after the game: "I have seen Clattenburg enforce many better games than today's game."
Of course, more fans are most concerned about the relationship between Clattenburg and Manchester United. Before last night's game, Clattenburg was always regarded as Ferguson's enemy. In June 2007, when Manchester United challenged Bolton away, Clattenburg turned a blind eye to Bolton's repeated rude fouls. Ferguson went to the players' tunnel to curse Clattenburg at half-time, and was sent to the stands. In February 2008, Ferguson once again became an enemy of Clattenburg, who was angered by Ferguson for showing a yellow card to seven players of the Red Devils in the match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Ferguson accused referee Clattenburg of being "absurd" and "weak" after being fined 25,000 pounds by the FA and after Manchester United drew with 1- 1.
The battle between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in 2005 was quite classic. When Spurs player Mendes' shot crossed the goal line nearly half a meter and was fished out by Manchester United goalkeeper Carroll, it was surprising that Clattenburg didn't admit the goal.
However, in 20 12 129/October,12, Clattenburg's contribution to Manchester United was even more outstanding. If he hadn't turned a blind eye to Chelsea's two red cards and Hernandez's offside goal, Manchester United might have been tied by Chelsea. After the game, it was reported that he had told Chelsea players in the game that "you can't win". What's more, he was put on the coat of "black referee".
In this regard, Howard, an expert in The Sun, said rudely that Clattenburg could replace Webber (this guy had made many favorable decisions for Manchester United before and was told that he had ulterior secrets with Manchester United coach Ferguson) and become the number one official referee of Manchester United.
Interestingly, however, before the Red Devils fans realized Clattenburg's historical position in the team, the fans of Arsenal, another Premier League club, had already started to compete for Clattenburg. According to the quotations from gunmen fans, in the 20 10-20 1 1 season, Clattenburg won three battles in law enforcement against gunmen. Last season, Clattenburg also witnessed the Gunners' defeat to Bolton, which was the lucky star of the Gunners.
The Football Association has launched an investigation, accusing Clattenburg of insulting Nigerian midfielder Mikel and Spanish midfielder Mata in Sunday's 3-2 home defeat to Manchester United.
But Clattenburg wanted to keep his innocence, and the Black Lawyers Association wrote to the police, demanding a full investigation of this incident.
Peter Herbert said: "Our message is that racist remarks are directed at Mikel and Mata. If so, it is totally unacceptable under any circumstances. "
He added: "This is the appropriate metropolitan police department. Please refer to whether serious racial crimes have occurred."
The police said that they had received the letter, but they did not intend to investigate it according to a certain degree.
Clattenburg strongly rejects this accusation. If the police and the Football Association prove that Clattenburg made racist remarks during the investigation, the consequences will be unimaginable, and he may even be forced to retire and face jail.