I am still fuming over the piss-poor job done by ref Martin Atkinson during the Chelsea v. Burnley match. Embarrassingly bad.
Barnes should totally have been red-carded for the foul on Nemanja Matić, especially considering Burnley's parade of flagrant fouls (previous knee by Barnes, obvious intentional handball by Kightly, Shackell purposely knocking Costa on his butt) that the ref conveniently ignored.
Matić could have been seriously hurt, and you can see for yourself that Barnes knew exactly what he was doing.
http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video?id=intl:2310224
Although understandable under the circumstances, it was a grim mistake by Matić to retaliate. Not having him for the next three EPL matches is going to hurt.
I'm usually not one for conspiracy theories, but I'm beginning to think Mourinho is right about refs campaigning against Chelsea. I couldn't help but wonder if Atkinson is a Man City fan.
Speaking of that, my hatred for MC grows........