Former top referee rules on controversial incident that helped Newcastle get Champions League | OneFootball

Dermot Gallagher reviews controversial decisions in the Premier League after each round of games, on behalf of Sky Sports.

The former top referee has now given his call on this incident on Sunday.

An incident that potentially played a key part in determining which Premier League clubs did and didn’t get a place in the Champions League.

Dermot Gallagher looking at what happened during this moments in the match at Old Trafford.

‘With 75 minutes and the game goalless, Aston Villa thought they had taken the lead when Morgan Rogers poked the ball free from Altay Bayindir and curled it into an open net, only for referee Thomas Bramall to disallow the goal for an alleged foul on the Manchester United goalkeeper.

The referee awarded a free-kick to Man United, with Bayindir deemed to be in control of the ball.

VAR could not intervene due to the whistle already being blown.’

“There’s a lot of things to debate.

“The goalkeeper loses the ball but once the referee blows his whistle the game is terminated – that’s where the damage is done.

“Rogers’ shot doesn’t count.

“If the referee takes just one second the landscape then moves and VAR can intervene.

“Once VAR intervenes he may have changed his decision at the screen. It’s very untidy.

“The VAR checks when the whistle was blown, not the goal. That’s the key issue.

“If he had waited, the time is still his own and he can make as many decisions as he wants. He can ask his assistants. Then he can ask VAR. He may have said, ‘it’s a foul’, which we would have accepted.

“He just didn’t give himself time to think – that’s his only mistake.”

Only a minute later, Diallo scored at the other end of the pitch, Manchester United take the lead, Aston Villa drop to sixth in the table, Newcastle rise to fifth despite trailing 1-0 at home to Everton.

Man U score a late penalty to confirm their win having completely dominated Villa apart from that scare on 75 minutes.