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The referee should have acted after six seconds of Watford against West Ham United due to Andy Carroll's elbow

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When you referee West Ham, Andy Carroll’s name jumps out of the team sheet as it’s handed to you an hour before kick-off.

So when he goes up for the ball with a leading arm, catching Marvin Zeegelaar on the nose, you would expect the referee to see the incident and act upon it.

This was Carroll’s first Premier League start since being sent off at Burnley on October 14 when he was throwing his arms around and caught Ben Mee.

Andy Carroll of West Ham elbows Marvin Zeegelaar of Watford six seconds into the match
Andy Carroll of West Ham elbows Marvin Zeegelaar of Watford six seconds into the match

However, Andre Marriner either missed the first-minute incident or thought the challenge was a fair one.