He can’t be wrong. It’s
“HIS CONSIDERATION”
If it helps you to escape with some dignity my consideration is different than the referee’s but that doesn’t make him wrong as per the actual law
You conveniently missed two very important parts. “Trips or attempts to trip” and “in the consideration of the referee”
It was a tough call to swallow and “in the consideration” of many referees it may have gone unpunished but by the literal letter of the law it was a correct decision.