Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher analyses John Stones’ winner for Man Metropolis, William Saliba’s purple card at Bournemouth and extra | Soccer Information

Within the newest version of Ref Watch, former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher runs by means of the important thing incidents on the weekend – together with controversial calls involving John Stones and William Saliba.

Wolves 1-2 Man Metropolis

INCIDENT: John Stones headed in an injury-time winner for Man Metropolis at Wolves. It was initially disallowed for offside, with Bernardo Silva judged to be within the line of sight of goalkeeper Jose Sa. Nevertheless, a VAR overview led to a pitchside examine and the aim finally being given.

DERMOT SAYS: “I definitely think so [it’s a goal]. Silva is in an offside position, but he can’t be offside from a corner. He can only be offside as soon as Stones touches it, but he peels away and moves away from Sa.

“When all that [Silva was touching Sa] was happening he was not in an offside position because it’s a corner.

“He can go up and down and do what he desires till Stones heads the ball. It is solely then that his place adjustments by way of offside.

“And because he peels off, he’s not offside. And the last picture shows he peels off.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “I feel it is a aim. Bernardo Silva has received each proper to make contact with Sa. He is so intelligent, so alive to the state of affairs. He nudges him, steps away and geese down so he is not concerned within the recreation.

“When I saw it a second time and you saw Sa was looking clearly at the header, it’s a goal. Simple decision.”

SUE SMITH SAYS: “Because of that nudge, Sa hasn’t got time to set for the header.

“It is impacting Sa’s capability to avoid wasting the ball. As a goalkeeper, I might be livid.”

INCIDENT: Earlier this year, Wolves saw a similar goal disallowed when Max Kilman scored a late equaliser against West Ham. That goal was disallowed because goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski’s view was obstructed in a similar fashion.

DERMOT SAYS: “I can explain the Kilman one. When Kilman heads the ball, the Wolves player goes into the goalkeeper.”

INCIDENT: Wolves boss Gary O’Neil mentioned after the Man Metropolis recreation that there’s a unconscious bias in the direction of larger groups after Metropolis’s aim was allowed to face.

DERMOT SAYS: “There wasn’t that unconscious bias in Arsenal and Bournemouth. The decision went Bournemouth’s way and not Arsenal’s. So I’m not sure what unconscious bias means.”

Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea

INCIDENT: Referee John Brooks awarded Liverpool a penalty when Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez upended Curtis Jones however a VAR examine led to the choice being overturned, with Sanchez making contact with the ball first.

DERMOT SAYS: “I think it’s a good intervention from VAR. If I see that as VAR, I think the goalkeeper has got the ball first, Jones has gone into him and it’s not a penalty. There’s going to be a collision.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “No penalty. The ball goes through the goalkeeper so you think he’s nicked it past him. I love the fact they went to VAR and then the ref had the final say on the pitch. A great use of VAR.”

SUE SMITH SAYS: “From one angle it looks like a penalty but then you can see Sanchez gets the ball first.”

INCIDENT: Chelsea weren’t awarded a penalty when Trent Alexander-Arnold trod on Jadon Sancho’s foot. VAR checked out it and mentioned no.

DERMOT SAYS: “I didn’t think it was a foul. Both players are tangled. I’d be very surprised if that was given as a penalty.”

SUE SMITH SAYS: “It’s a penalty. He connects with Sancho’s foot as he plants it.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “It’s a difficult one. Alexander-Arnold’s movement isn’t to kick a ball it’s to take a step. If it had been given it would be difficult to overturn but I don’t think it is a penalty because he takes a natural step to close the player down.”

INCIDENT: Chelsea defender Tosin fouled Diogo Jota as he went by means of on aim. A yellow card was given. The incident appeared much like the one which noticed Arsenal’s William Saliba despatched off the day earlier than…

DERMOT SAYS: “There are a number of things. Jota isn’t in possession of the ball. Direction of the ball, it’s going towards the corner flag. Distance from goal, it’s felt (Levi) Colwill would have the chance to make up the ground. Too many variables.”

Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal

INCIDENT: Arsenal’s William Saliba was initially proven a yellow card by Rob Jones after bringing down Bournemouth’s Evanilson. After a VAR examine, Jarred Gillett despatched the ref to the display after which it was upgraded to a purple card.

DERMOT SAYS: “It’s a different situation. The ball is going down the middle. (Ben) White is a long way from Evanilson, who is favourite to get the ball. Raya has backed off, so it’s hard for him to get the ball.”

SUE SMITH SAYS: “Would White have got there? It didn’t look like he would. I thought for both this and the Tosin incident it was the right decision.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “I was listening to the VAR, talking about ball flight, the goalkeeper position, White’s position. They took everything into account.”

INCIDENT: Bournemouth have been awarded a second-half penalty. Have been there any points with the award of the penalty and may David Raya have been given a purple card quite than a yellow?

DERMOT SAYS: “It’s a penalty for me, he doesn’t get the ball. But it’s not a red card. He has every right to try to get the ball. Yellow card for bringing the player down, not a red because of double jeopardy.”

Southampton 2-3 Leicester

INCIDENT: In Southampton’s defeat to Leicester VAR received concerned within the incident which noticed Ryan Fraser despatched off for pulling again Jamie Vardy. Was it the fitting resolution?

DERMOT SAYS: “A) A penalty for a clear foul.

“B) A purple card for stopping a transparent goalscoring alternative.”

INCIDENT: Should Southampton have been awarded a penalty for Jordan Ayew holding Paul Onuachu?

DERMOT SAYS: “I thought it was a penalty. If you hold a player’s shirt for five steps, which he does, that’s sustained. They were of the opinion the goalkeeper would have got the ball anyhow.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “I thought it was a penalty. You only have to look at other instances, like (James) Tarkowski, you know he’s never getting the ball but he’s bringing him down.”

SUE SMITH SAYS: “You can’t hold a player’s shirt for that long. It’s bound to impact his ability to get the ball.”

Man Utd 2-1 Brentford

INCIDENT: Matthijs de Ligt goes off for remedy to a head damage and Brentford rating from a nook whereas Man Utd are right down to 10 males.

DERMOT SAYS: “You can’t have a player bleeding. It happened in the 11th minute, he had treatment, he came back. It’s opened up again he’s gone off. And then a third time. You can’t play like that, we all know that. He has to have it bandaged in some way. They’re down to 10 and a goal resulted from it but that’s not the ref’s fault. You can’t have blood on your body, on your shirt.

“The referee has executed precisely proper. He isn’t the villain right here.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “The finger-pointing needs to be at Man Utd’s medical employees who ought to have put a head bandage on straight away.”

Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa

INCIDENT: Fulham have been awarded a penalty for handball following a VAR examine.

DERMOT SAYS: “(Matty) Cash is unlucky but it is a penalty because his arm is outstretched, it’s not a natural position. I think it’s a good intervention.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “I think this is really harsh. It’s so close and what is a natural body position as the ball comes over your head and you move towards a player. A natural position would be different for 100 people.”

INCIDENT: Marco Silva was annoyed that ref Darren England despatched Joachim Andersen off for a problem on Ollie Watkins.

DERMOT SAYS: “I was watching it live and thought it was a red straight away. Watkins has control of the ball, he pushes him in the back and makes no attempt to play the ball.”

INCIDENT: There was a sending off for Aston Villa’s Jaden Philogene who collected two late yellow playing cards. Was the problem worthy of a second yellow?

DERMOT SAYS: “Enough? Not for me. It’s a foul only. I thought he was very unlucky.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “The worst thing about this is you can’t appeal it. Giving yellow cards for this is pathetic. It’s really poor. It really is.”

Tottenham 4-1 West Ham

INCIDENT: Ref Andy Madley was answerable for West Ham’s defeat at Tottenham and despatched off Mohammed Kudus for his response to Micky van de Ven’s problem following a prolonged VAR overview. Was it a purple card and why did it take so lengthy?

DERMOT SAYS: “It’s a red card. There are a lot of interesting things in this. The referee loses sight of what’s going on because he’s trying to get involved. VAR did really well. He’s rushed in – I understand why refs do it as peacemaker – but he loses focus.

“There have been eight VAR interventions this weekend. It seems to be significantly better when the ref goes to the display and has the ultimate name.”

INCIDENT: West Ham’s Kudus wished a penalty for handball from Future Udogie. Did he have a case?

DERMOT SAYS: “It hits his arm but his arm couldn’t be more tucked into his body.”

Ipswich 0-2 Everton

INCIDENT: There was a debatable resolution at Portman Street the place Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna discovered it inexplicable they have been denied a penalty after VAR advised Michael Oliver change his resolution after Dwight McNeil’s problem on Jack Clarke. Was it a transparent and apparent error?

DERMOT SAYS: “This is a carbon copy of Calvert-Lewin and Burn the other week, when I explained the attacker caught the defender. The same thing has happened.”

SUE SMITH SAYS: “McNeil puts his leg across Clarke before he’s about to shoot. You have to argue for Ipswich there. I think it’s a penalty.”

STEPHEN WARNOCK SAYS: “I’m not so sure. I think he just stops. McNeil is in that vicinity of, where can I go?”