Ref Watch: Liverpool defender Andy Robertson mustn’t have been despatched off in opposition to Fulham, says Dermot Gallagher

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher assesses the controversial moments from the weekend’s motion, together with Andy Robertson’s purple card in Liverpool’s 2-2 residence draw in opposition to Fulham.

Liverpool 2-2 Fulham

INCIDENT: Liverpool defender Andy Robertson is proven a straight purple card after bringing down Harry Wilson for denying an apparent goalscoring alternative.

DERMOT SAYS: “I’ve had plenty of possibilities to take a look at this once more and I didn’t assume it was a purple card on the time, and I nonetheless do not.

“Robertson would not know he is coming, he mis-controls the ball and Wilson nicks the ball. Is he in charge of the ball? No. Is he going to achieve 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 doable.

“Then (Raul) Jimenez has a shot and the whistle really goes when (Virgil) Van Dijk clears the ball so it provides plenty of issues to it.

“A extra palatable determination would have been a yellow card.

“If you are going to give a purple card then you definitely whistle as a result of when you whistle you are in charge of the scenario. If he thinks it is a purple card then simply blow.

“If the referee had whistled instantly then everybody would have accepted that.”

Wolves 1-2 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 indignant alternate with a member of Ipswich’s backroom workforce after the full-time whistle.

DERMOT SAYS: “The photographs communicate volumes and Craig Dawson does him [Ait-Nouri] an enormous favour as a result of he’s so indignant as a result of that might have escalated to nearly something.

“Doubtless, the FA will likely be taking a look at this [Cunha’s confrontation] this morning. He has elbowed the man behind the top, then snatched his glasses off and it is not the response you count on from a participant.”

Man Metropolis 1-2 Man Utd

INCIDENT: Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund and Manchester Metropolis defender Kyle Walker squared up, with each gamers booked.

DERMOT SAYS: “It was not a superb advert for soccer, you shouldn’t be doing it [going down like Walker did].

“I assumed the referee [Anthony Taylor] did effectively, 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 should not awarded a penalty after Hojlund goes down beneath a problem by Ruben Dias.

DERMOT SAYS: “I nonetheless do not assume it is a penalty, I actually do not.

“The defender goes to play the ball, Hojlund sees him coming and goes over himself and it appears a lot worse in sluggish movement.

“I simply assume Hojlund was completely happy to go down and isn’t eager about chasing after the ball.”

Chelsea 2-1 Brentford

INCIDENT: Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella was given a second yellow card and despatched off after the ultimate whistle at Stamford Bridge.

DERMOT SAYS: “On the finish of the sport, everybody was pushing and shoving, and Cucurella was adopting an aggressive angle.

“He’d simply had a yellow card a minute earlier than, so he ought to have identified higher actually.”

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa

INCIDENT: Aston Villa have been denied a penalty after VAR dominated Elliot Anderson’s arm pull on Morgan Rogers as a “fleeting seize”.

DERMOT SAYS: “I believe it is a foul [by Rogers on Anderson before he enters the box] and he [Anderson] then grabs maintain of him going into the field.

“I believe it is then a penalty however I believe the perfect final result right here in equity is the VAR to advocate 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 have received the identical internet results of no penalty however folks settle for it higher as a result of that is really occurred.”

INCIDENT: Nottingham Forest’s winner in opposition to Aston Villa stands regardless of a doable foul on Matty Money within the build-up.

DERMOT SAYS: “It relies upon who you discuss to, some assume it’s a foul, some don’t – what I might say is you may’t re-referee soccer matches.

“The referee has a superb place and says it’s no foul and play on and definitely not one for VAR – if you’re interfering with that, then you will be taking a look at each single incident on the sector.

“I do not assume it is a foul, I believe he wins the ball. I do not assume that is a transparent and apparent error.”