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Arsenal & Chelsea's rugged centre-halves set to feel the benefits of 47-year-old appointment
Martin Atkinson is an unusual referee. While most of the 21 who worked in the Premier League last season produced statistics that were largely in coordination with each other, there's a huge discrepancy from the 47-year-old's returns for 2017/18. A ranking of first for red cars per match last season is completely contradicted by coming in at a mere 17th for penalties per game. That imbalance highlights Atkinson's most infamous moment from last season – when he failed to award Manchester City a late penalty in the Manchester derby, despite Ashley Young's challenge on Sergio Aguero being far from within the confines of footballing law. There's only one way to really interpret that...
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