Ref Watch: Man. United Vs Burnley

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.

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

SCENARIO: After Mourinho was sent to the stands, he was pictured on camera giving written notes to a colleague to take down to his assistants in the dugout.

DERMOT'S VERDICT: No rules have been broken

DERMOT SAYS: There's nothing to stop it at the moment. For want of a better word, it's un-policeable. The fourth official has to be in the technical area to control that and can't be sat next to Jose Mourinho in the stand. He hasn't contravened any law, as we saw earlier in the season with Mark Hughes on his mobile phone. It's not something that is prohibited at the moment. Until someone comes in hard and fast and says you have to sit in the stand and not make contact then that is where we are.

INCIDENT: Ashley Barnes' challenge on Matteo Darmian

SCENARIO: Burnley's Barnes took the ball, but also the man and once again no penalty was awarded.

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Correct decision

DERMOT SAYS: He definitely gets the ball, there's no doubt about that. I think he runs a massive, massive risk because if he doesn't get the ball it's definitely a penalty.

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