Ref Watch: Newcastle United vs Man. United

Newcastle denied penalty

INCIDENT: Chris Smalling treads on the foot of Dwight Gayle on the corner of the box with the score at 0-0. Craig Pawson waves play on.

DERMOT'S VIEW: The simple answer is yes. He didn't play the ball, and as I've said many times, it's all about the ball. I actually think that because where Craig is, I believe he may be assessing whether it happened inside the area or not, and because of that he loses sight of whether it is actually a foul. He completely forgets, I think.

Smalling dive correct

INCIDENT: Smalling was then booked for simulation, going down despite Jonjo Shelvey not having touched him. Newcastle then scored the winner from the resulting free-kick.

DERMOT'S VIEW: I think it's an excellent spot, they're not easy to give. Sometimes when a player goes through the air like a torpedo it's easy to give, but this wasn't. It's definitely not a foul, definitely simulation, and it's a very, very important decision to make too, because Newcastle scored from the free-kick.

Yellow correct for Valencia

INCIDENT: Antonio Valencia is booked for a high boot on Christian Atsu, though some believed he should have seen red.

DERMOT'S VIEW: I think this is a yellow card and not a red card because Valencia is stood stationary, he hasn't come at speed at Atsu. He hasn't actually led with his studs either, he's come with the side of his boot. It's not nice, it's reckless, but it's not a red.

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