Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
It would surely affect your decisions though, you couldn't help but think, "I'll just let that one go"......as per the terrible tackle on Lanzini in the lead up to spur's goal last night.
It can also work the other way, where a ref who is thought to be biased in favour of a certain club will overcompensate by showing a slight bias against them in his decisions.

I also think this 'over-compensation' mentality can come into play in other situations too. For example, I reckon Anthony Taylor may have given Chelsea their pelanty because he feared if he didn't it would look like he'd been scared off by Wenger's comments after the West Brom game.