The Blues can have no complaints over Mark Clattenburg's decision to send off their captain & Wayne Rooney's offside goal could have gone either way
Mark Clattenburg was in a great position as the fittest referee in the country. Once he decided to give the free-kick, he had no choice but to send off Terry for tugging back Salomon Rondon.
Terry was caught the wrong side of the ball and Clattenburg made the right judgement in showing the red card because the foul denied the West Brom player an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
There’s not a lot of contact but he did pull the striker back. Put yourself in the shoes of the referee there - could he have got away with giving nothing?
When Thibaut Courtois was sent-off against Swansea on the opening weekend, I said Chelsea should appeal because there was an element of doubt with the ball going away from goal.
In this case, the ball and the player are going towards goal. There is no point in Chelsea appealing because it’s a nailed on red card.
Wayne Rooney thought he had scored his first goal of the season against Newcastle on Saturday - but you can't blame the assistant referee for choosing to raise his flag.
It was a marginal call and you have sympathy for the official because he has to go with his gut reaction. You would usually give the benefit of the doubt to the attacker but it's so tight and a very difficult call.
It was certainly nothing like the decision for Christian Benteke's goal for Liverpool against Bournemouth last week. In that situation, it was an easy offside because Philippe Coutinho was clearly in an offside position.
Even then, you shouldn't blame the officials for that one. People keep talking about new rules, but there has been no change to the offside law and it's the referees' body PGMOL who are to blame for the confusion.
The Premier League and the PGMOL have been instructed by Fifa to get back to what the law says rather than enforcing their own interpretation of offside and interfering with play. The rules haven't changed and that Coutinho incident should have been given offside whether it was this season or last season.
As a referee you want to be in charge of the big games and you want it to go well because you know the whole world will be watching.
The main aim for Michael Oliver tonight is to come out of the game unscathed when Arsenal play Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.
The first big decision in these matches has a big impact on your confidence and in that sense it's the same as being a player.
Michael has to take the opportunity to stamp his authority on the game - and he must do that because otherwise players might lose a little respect. He's a great talent and he will be a top referee.
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey was speaking to Greg Stobart on behalf of You Are The Ref. For detailed referee analysis from the experts visit www.you-are-the-ref.
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