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Ref Watch: Koscielny call correct
- Updated: October 3, 2016
Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from some of the weekend’s Premier League matches.
Former top-flight official Dermot Gallagher came into the Sky Sports News HQ studio on Monday morning to analyse the big refereeing decisions from another packed weekend of football.
From debatable handball decisions to red cards, Gallagher has it all covered….
MATCH: Burnley v Arsenal, Premier League, Sunday
INCIDENT No 1: Laurent Koscielny scores winning goal
SCENARIO: With Arsenal chasing a winning goal from the final attack of the game, the ball gets crossed in from the right and a combination of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Koscielny force it home. Replays showed the final touch came off the Arsenal defender’s hand.
DERMOT’S VERDICT: Correct decision
DERMOT SAYS: First thing to say is he’s not offside from the cross and flick-on. I think it’s Walcott with the flick-on, so it’s not offside. Handball has to be deliberate, but I don’t think it’s handball.
It struck him and we are stuck with the rule where it has to be deliberate. People said his arms were up but that’s because he used his arms for elevation. He has actually mis-kicked it, it has flown up and hit him, so it’s not hand to ball, it’s ball to hand. There is nothing wrong in the law with what happened.
INCIDENT No 2: Shkodran Mustafi remonstrates with the referee
SCENARIO: Mustafi was pulled up for a foul on Sam Vokes, remonstrates with the referee and even uses him to simulate his innocence by backing into him.
DERMOT’S VERDICT: Incorrect decision to avoid a booking
DERMOT SAYS: I think under current climate he was very lucky not to get a yellow card. He thought Vokes had fouled him, but as he said afterwards on Twitter he should not have done it and hopefully that will send out a message that he won’t do it again and it won’t happen again.
MATCH: Manchester United v Stoke, Premier League, Sunday
INCIDENT No 3: Ander Herrera catches Joe Allen in midfield with a high …
