Pgmol

Match of the day's love of the dramatic made this weekends decisions just a little more dramatic.

I thought Martin Atkinson had a great game - Rooneys sheer presence as a Man Utd player makes it a heated encounter even if he was spared the firing line on this occasion. The game ended as a thriller, with just two yellow cards. This only adds to the lunacy of Moyes' actions at the final whistle, running onto the pitch to remonstrate with Atkinson. How Moyes could think that Jagielka had heard the final whistle when his shot was saved by Van Der Saar is baffling, due to the sheer roar of the Goodison faithful as Everton raced on the counter.

Another of the big decisions came from Stuart Atwell - handing a straight red card to Boltons Gary Cahill for his foul on Chamakh. This was a yellow card due to the pace of the play at the fact that the tackle came from "behind" only confirms this. However, Mr.Attwell had a great chance to play an advantage following the foul and could have returned to book Cahill. I believe the red card was a mistake, but a very cautious and human error and one all referees have made or will make. The argument will of course be inexperience, something which may of course be true, but Mike Riley cannot accept this argument, due to his promotion of Micheal Oliver, who is 2 years Attwell's junior.

I think good games were had by messers Foy,Mason and Clattenburg and also by Phil Dowd and Andre Marriner who also handled potential "red card" controversy with minimal fuss. 

Finally, a mention must go to the low key return of Howard Webb, this will have been chosen carefully by the appointments commitee, for Webb and his team and it paid off. Keeping his profile low may only add to his impact in his inevitable "big match" appointment by the end of September.