Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher assesses the controversial moments from the weekend’s motion, together with Andy Robertson’s crimson card in Liverpool’s 2-2 house draw towards Fulham.
Liverpool 2-2 Fulham
INCIDENT: Liverpool defender Andy Robertson is proven a straight crimson card after bringing down Harry Wilson for denying an apparent goalscoring alternative.
DERMOT SAYS: “I have had a lot of chances to look at this again and I did not think it was a red card at the time, and I still don’t.
“Robertson does not know he is coming, he mis-controls the ball and Wilson nicks the ball. Is he answerable for the ball? No. Is he going to realize management of the ball? Very uncertain as a result of the Liverpool participant goes to get their first. Is he shifting in direction of purpose? No.
“There’s are too many variables and the ‘O’ [in DOGSO – Denying a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity] stands for apparent and never potential.
“Then (Raul) Jimenez has a shot and the whistle really goes when (Virgil) Van Dijk clears the ball so it provides a number of problems to it.
“A extra palatable determination would have been a yellow card.
“If you’re going to give a red card then you whistle because once you whistle you’re in control of the situation. If he thinks it’s a red card then just blow.
“If the referee had whistled instantly then everybody would have accepted that.”
Wolves 1-2 Ipswich
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Dermot analyses Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri’s post-match antics after Wolves’ defeat at house to Ipswich
INCIDENT: An irate Rayan Ait-Nouri is proven a second yellow after the full-time whistle at Molineux earlier than being dragged off the pitch, whereas Wolves team-mate Matheus Cunha will get concerned with an offended trade with a member of Ipswich’s backroom workforce after the full-time whistle.
DERMOT SAYS: “The pictures speak volumes and Craig Dawson does him [Ait-Nouri] a massive favour because he is so angry because that could have escalated to almost anything.
“Doubtless, the FA will likely be taking a look at this [Cunha’s confrontation] this morning. He has elbowed the man behind the pinnacle, then snatched his glasses off and it is not the response you anticipate from a participant.”
Man Metropolis 1-2 Man Utd
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Ref Watch takes a more in-depth take a look at the approaching collectively of Manchester Metropolis defender Kyle Walker and Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund – and may be very important of Walker’s response as the 2 went face to face
INCIDENT: Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund and Manchester Metropolis defender Kyle Walker squared up, with each gamers booked.
DERMOT SAYS: “It was not a good advert for football, you should not be doing it [going down like Walker did].
“I assumed the referee [Anthony Taylor] did properly, he didn’t get sucked into considering it was one thing greater than it
was, it was only a push. It was a participant reacting to a push however we do not want that.”
INCIDENT: Manchester United usually are not awarded a penalty after Hojlund goes down underneath a problem by Ruben Dias.
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Manchester United are denied a penalty after Ruben Dias challenges Hojlund
DERMOT SAYS: “I still don’t think it’s a penalty, I really don’t.
“The defender goes to play the ball, Hojlund sees him coming and goes over himself and it seems to be a lot worse in gradual movement.
“I just think Hojlund was happy to go down and is not interested in chasing after the ball.”
Chelsea 2-1 Brentford
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Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella had an eventful sport within the win over Brentford that noticed him despatched off at full-time
INCIDENT: Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella was given a second yellow card and despatched off after the ultimate whistle at Stamford Bridge.
DERMOT SAYS: “At the end of the game, everyone was pushing and shoving, and Cucurella was adopting an aggressive attitude.
“He’d simply had a yellow card a minute earlier than, so he ought to have recognized higher actually.”
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa
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Jamie Redknapp believes Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers ought to have been awarded a penalty towards Nottingham Forest
INCIDENT: Aston Villa had been denied a penalty after VAR dominated Elliot Anderson’s arm pull on Morgan Rogers as a “fleeting grab”.
DERMOT SAYS: “I think it’s a foul [by Rogers on Anderson before he enters the box] and he [Anderson] then grabs hold of him going into the box.
“I believe it is then a penalty however I believe the very best consequence right here in equity is the VAR to suggest to the referee to go to the monitor so he has all choices open. He then would have seen Rogers ripping his [Anderson’s] shirt proper off his again and he can then give a free-kick [to Forest].
“You’ve got the same net result of no penalty but people accept it better because that’s actually happened.”
INCIDENT: Nottingham Forest’s winner towards Aston Villa stands regardless of a potential foul on Matty Money within the build-up.
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Anthony Elanga scored Forest’s winner towards Aston Villa regardless of a possible foul within the build-up on Matty Money
DERMOT SAYS: “It depends who you talk to, some think it is a foul, some do not – what I would say is you can’t re-referee football matches.
“The referee has an excellent place and says it’s no foul and play on and positively not one for VAR – in case you are interfering with that, then you’re going to be taking a look at each single incident on the sphere.
“I don’t think it’s a foul, I think he wins the ball. I don’t think that’s a clear and obvious error.”
