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PREMIER LEAGUE: Pardew slams poor refereeing as Coquelin twice escapes red card
Crystal Palace manager angry that Lee Mason failed to send off Arsenal midfielder after picking up a first-half yellow card
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew laid the blame for his side’s 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace squarely at the feet of referee Lee Mason.
The official booked Arsenal’s Francis Coquelin for a foul in the 25th minute and Pardew feels the Frenchman could have seen red for a second poor challenge in first-half stoppage time.
Coquelin then escaped a second yellow card again after the break with another poor challenge before he was taken off by manager Arsene Wenger.
A disappointed Pardew said: “I said to Lee Mason ‘listen. That tackle before half time is not a sending off at that point but that’s his last chance, you know that’.
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“He then makes the foul and he's (should be) off at that point. Arsene Wenger knew that and took him off.
“It's a decision Lee Mason needs to be braver on.”
Pardew added: “The game changed on two incidents. We hit the post at 1-1 and you have to argue they are lucky to have 11 players. Everyone knew in the stadium he should have gone.
“The game was very even, they play a different style. They were good, much better than against West Ham. Sharper in the mind and we still feel aggrieved we haven’t come out with anything.
“I thought the three new boys were our best players and we know the others are great. That is a good sign. Arsenal were a hurt animal but the early period was bad for us, we made a lot of mistakes.”
