EPL's enforcement level has been criticized recently, from VAR's communication to apologizing for the wrong verdicts, causing fans to lose confidence in EPL referees. In the early morning of Monday (9) Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City, referee Olivier refused to kick out Manchester City midfielder Gao Huasi, who was given the "foot of the mountain" for two times. The British media pointed out that Olivier had gone to the United Arab Emirates at the end of last month to enforce the law, and that the owner of the money was the owner of Manchester City, which was an obvious conflict of interest.
Olivier is considered one of the best referees in the Premier League, but he took a liberal approach to two fouls committed by Goh Wah Sik in the "Battle of Oman", which was regarded as a misjudgment by former referees and critics after the match. What's even more embarrassing is that Olivier was invited to the UAE a few weeks ago to enforce FC Sharjah's league match against Iaan. It is well known that Manchester City's owner, Vincent Ventura, is a UAE soccer gold owner, and the league's main sponsor, ADNOC, is a company owned by Manchester City's chairman, Amber Al-Barak, and the UAE Football Association has recently launched a cooperation program with Manchester City, which means that Olivier's "secret fishing" this time around is in effect, a way of paying for the food for City.
Olivier's "loose hand" on Manchester City after the England refereeing team's enforcement of the UAE match inevitably aroused suspicion. Coincidentally, Quique and VAR referee Englund, who were both witnesses for the UAE match, were the main protagonists of the Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool "oops" incident last week, which raised suspicion that there was a conflict of interest involved.
