Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher assesses Premier League incidents involving Man Metropolis, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Brighton and extra

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher is again with the newest Ref Watch after a busy weekend on incidents between Man Metropolis and Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Brighton, West Ham and Chelsea plus rather more…

Man Metropolis 2-2 Arsenal

INCIDENT: Leandro Trossard was despatched off after receiving a second yellow card for delaying the restart by kicking the ball away. Jeremy Doku had escaped punishment for the same incident earlier within the first half.

DERMOT SAYS: “No [there can be no complaints], as a result of it is a foul [on Silva], there is no doubt about that. Would the participant have have kicked the ball away like that if there was no foul and pause in play?

“Most certainly not because he’s not going to pass to Martinelli like that. I feel for him because he’s gone to pull out but the damage is already done.

“We have already seen it earlier this season that referees are very onerous on it this season. He ought to know higher than to do it. The referees have mentioned they’re going to be onerous and quick on it. You could possibly present me one or two the place they have away, however by and enormous, referees have been very robust on this.

“If one player gets away with it, it’s not justification for another player to say ‘I’m being punished’.”

On the Doku incident: “I don’t assume that is kicking the ball away and delaying the restart.

“The free kick is in the wrong place. Michael Oliver is trying to move it back. Doku looks at the referee, and then toes it back to an Arsenal player to take a free kick.

“I do not assume that is delaying the restart. That is passing the ball again. It is a large distinction.”

INCIDENT: Erling Haaland threw the ball towards the again of Gabriel’s head after Man Metropolis’s equaliser, sparking a conflict between quite a few gamers. Haaland wasn’t punished.

DERMOT SAYS: “Running the risk of another melee. Tempers are high. It was a really tough game to referee.”

WARNOCK SAYS: “I’m fuming if it’s me but I did think it was funny. But he’s running a risk, Haaland.”

SMITH SAYS: “I’d never do anything like that – but it was quite amusing. It was like what you’d do as a child in the playground.”

INCIDENT: Kai Havertz collides into Rodri simply seconds into the sport. Rodri is handled however there is no such thing as a punishment for Havertz or free-kick for Man Metropolis.

DERMOT SAYS: “Not the ideal start for a ref in a game like this! Is it a clash, has he deliberately done it? Only Havertz knows. It’s not a red card, so VAR can’t intervene.

“The actual fact he hasn’t gone along with his arm raised with depth and energy… it is like welcome to the sport, I suppose!”

INCIDENT: Manchester Metropolis have been livid with Arsenal’s equaliser. They felt the free kick wasn’t taken from the proper place and Kyle Walker was sad as a result of he felt he was nonetheless out of place after being known as over to talk with ref Michael Oliver.

DERMOT SAYS: “Because of what happens, we’ve almost got a microscope looking at this. Man City felt Walker wasn’t given time to get back into position.

“I checked out the place he went again, it is virtually like a flat again 4. Does he know the gamers to the left of him? I am unsure.

“I wondered if he appealed for offside and when it goes in the net, it’s a big talking point because it’s a consequence.

“Did the referee give sufficient time? He seems like he has.”

INCIDENT: Man Metropolis claimed goalkeeper Ederson had been blocked when Gabriel headed in Arsenal’s second purpose from a nook.

DERMOT SAYS: “This happened five minutes before as well. Martinelli just stands his ground and he’s got a right to be on the field.”

Brighton 2-2 Nottingham Forest

INCIDENT: Morgan Gibbs-White was despatched off throughout Nottingham Forest’s defeat to Brighton, with the participant proven a second yellow card for a sort out on Joao Pedro.

DERMOT SAYS: “When the ref says he got the ball, you think it’s a good tackle. But the fourth official has the other angle and says it’s a yellow. He’s there to assist the referee. He’s got the view and has passed on the information.

“The fourth official is an integral a part of the staff however the referee nonetheless holds the large say.”

WARNOCK SAYS: “When I saw that tackle I thought ‘What a brilliant challenge’. But in the first half there was a challenge right in front of the dugout and it caused a melee but ref Rob Jones didn’t give a foul. And I said what is fourth official Anthony Taylor doing. But on this occasion I think he gets involved incorrectly.

“It is a full-blooded problem. He takes ball after which man. And Joao Pedro is scuffling with damage afterwards. However I assumed it was a superb sort out.”

INCIDENT: Forest have been awarded a penalty earlier within the sport when Callum Hudson-Odoi was introduced down. Proper determination?

DERMOT SAYS: “I assumed so, I assumed it was a penalty on the time. He is intelligent, he places himself between the defender and the ball.

“The defender makes a challenge and if you do that, you have to get the ball. The only certainty if if you don’t, it’s a penalty.”

West Ham 0-3 Chelsea

INCIDENT: West Ham have been denied a penalty when Wesley Fofana pulled Crysencio Summerville. VAR backed the choice saying there was no sustained contact.

DERMOT SAYS: “I think it’s a penalty. He holds him so long. It starts outside the penalty area. He holds him, he holds him, he holds him. It’s gone on too long. The dilemma for the VAR is the referee has the perfect view and says no. I think in this case it is ‘the referee’s call’.

“Is it a massive howler? Well, I think it’s a penalty so to me it’s wrong. But the VAR isn’t there to judge he’s there to decide ‘is it a massive howler’.

“Is it simpler to melt the blow and ship the ref to the display screen? Is that what we wish?”

WARNOCK SAYS: “I feel it’s a large error.”

SMITH SAYS: “I get the ‘excessive bar’ factor but it surely’s both a proper or incorrect determination – and it’s incorrect.”

Preston 0-0 Blackburn

INCIDENT: Blackburn’s Owen Beck was allegedly bitten by Preston’s Milutin Osmajic throughout a conflict which noticed Beck despatched off. Beck instructed the assistant referee he had been bitten and his supervisor John Eustace mentioned there was a chew mark. Was there conclusive proof?

DERMOT SAYS: “The fact the FA are looking at it tells you everything. They’ll look at all the videos and speak to the players. You see him go towards him but you don’t actually see him bite him, but the young lad says he does.

“If discovered responsible, he’ll get a prolonged ban. Suarez obtained 10 matches, however they’re going to need to show that he is executed it.

“Beck has probably had photos taken of the bite mark. If you look at the video, the referee and the assistant are convinced that he’s adopted an aggressive attitude and that’s why it’s a yellow card.

“They have not seen him being bitten to allow them to’t take any motion over that. It is solely the FA that may do this later.”

Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd

INCIDENT: Man Utd’s Lisandro Martinez was not despatched off for a two-footed problem towards Crystal Palace’s Daichi Kamada, regardless of Palace boss Oliver Glasner later saying the United defender might have damaged Kamada’s leg.

DERMOT SAYS: “I feel that is what saved him from getting a crimson card – that he did not make contact with the participant. He is given the referee an enormous determination to make. The actual fact he has caught the ball somewhat than the participant has saved him.

“I sent a player off once for a dangerous tackle, who didn’t touch him. I said he doesn’t have to break his leg for it to be a red card.”

WARNOCK SAYS: “It’s a coward’s tackle. The intent is there. I think he’s very lucky.”

SMITH SAYS: “You never get taught to defend like that. That is endangering an opponent.”

Tottenham 3-1 Brentford

INCIDENT: Tottenham goalkeeper dealt with the ball outdoors his space within the win over Brentford however VAR did not become involved.

DERMOT SAYS: “VAR could get involved, but it has to go through the mechanics of the decision. Has he handled the ball outside the area? Definitely, the referee misses it for whatever reason.

“The very first thing is has he denied an apparent goalscoring alternative. I might say no as a result of the participant is not in charge of the ball, might he get the ball? Probably, however there’s plenty of gamers round him.

“Has he stopped a promising attack? Maybe, so it’s maximum a yellow card and not a red.

“If a goalkeeper handles outdoors the world, it has to have influence [for a red card]. It is obtained to have an effect on the result of that call.

“It’s 100 per cent not a red card… It has to be denying a goalscoring opportunity or him handling the ball when it’s bene shot at goal, denying the goal.”