Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher examines contentious incidents from the weekend's games, including Brighton's penalty against Arsenal and a possible handball in Newcastle's equalizer against Tottenham.
Ex- Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher assesses the controversial moments from the weekend's action, including Brighton's penalty award against Arsenal. Brighton 1-1 Arsenal
Contact has got to be violent or brutal. I think this is petulant. It was checked and the VAR decides it is petulant. If the ref sees it he can do a number of things. He can show a yellow or red card. The VAR can only put forward a red card. I don't think it's a red card so the VAR has got to back off. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle
Handball is not a mandatory yellow card. He has to ask if it is breaking up a promising attack. I felt a little bit for Dan Burn as he is trying to bring his arm in. This is actually what players are trying to do now - make themselves smaller. I think it's on the halfway line, and so the referee is right to just award the free-kick.
I have to hold my hand up here as when I saw this the first time around, I actually thought it was a penalty. A lot of times I think you should go with your gut reaction, but the guy is already there so what can he do? He can't make himself invisible so I think they clash and the referee has actually got it right. Fulham 2-2 Ipswich
I have a feeling that the referee on the field feels he clips his own heels, which he does, but he gets clipped first. It's good VAR intervention. All I think which has saved Harry Wilson is because the referee has VAR talking in his ear, and are discussing what to do, he loses sight of what Wilson does. I have to tell you Rob, that is a very, very, very dangerous thing to do. I think he is so lucky he has escaped heavy punishment.
It's an easy decision if you get it right, and he did get it right. It's just a mistimed challenge. It's a foul and a penalty. It's a fair intervention because the rule is whether his arm is above shoulder. Well, it clearly is and the ball flies off the head of the player in front of him. His arm is too high. It's a good intervention from VAR and they did it quickly. They sent the referee to the screen and he gave it straight away.
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