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Ref Watch: No pens for Man Utd
- Updated: October 31, 2016
Ander Herrera should not have been sent off during Manchester United’s goalless draw with Burnley.
That’s the view of former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher, who says Mark Clattenburg got that decision wrong, but he was absolutely right not to award any penalties to United during the game at Old Trafford.
More than 2,700 decisions were made by top-flight referees this weekend. Here’s Gallagher’s verdict on some of the controversial ones, including some big penalty decisions in the Sunderland v Arsenal clash, Crystal Palace’s game with Liverpool and Middlesbrough’s win over Bournemouth.
MATCH: Man Utd 0-0 Burnley, Premier League, Saturday
INCIDENT: Ander Herrera is sent off
SCENARIO: Herrera was awarded a second yellow card for a foul on Matthew Lowton, but he appeared to slip before clattering into the Burnley player.
DERMOT’S VERDICT: Wrong decision
DERMOT SAYS: I think the player is unlucky. He has slipped. It looks as though it is reckless, but he tries to pull out. Mark Clattenburg has seen the follow-through and sees the impact and he gives a second yellow card. It’s unfortunate, but that’s how he’s seen it. He put himself at risk with the way he went into the tackle, but unfortunately for him I don’t think he followed through. It is very, very harsh.
INCIDENT: Jon Flanagan’s trip on Matteo Darmian
SCENARIO: Darmian ran into the side of the penalty area and went down under a challenge from Flanagan. No penalty was awarded and after raging on the touchline, Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands at half-time for complaining to Mark Clattenburg.
DERMOT’S VERDICT: Correct decision
DERMOT SAYS: I don’t think it was a foul. There has to be physical contact to make it a foul and this, to me, is no more than a coming-together. I can’t see that’s enough to put a player down. I’m not trying to defend the referee, I genuinely don’t think it’s a foul. I didn’t think it was on the day when I watched it live and I’ve watched it over and over again and I don’t think it is a foul now. On Saturday, different pundits thought it was a foul and other pundits thought it wasn’t. That’s the difficulty of this decision and you have to support the referee.
INCIDENT: Jose Mourinho passes messages to his bench
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