Ref Watch: Man. City 2 Man. United 3

Were Manchester City unlucky not to have been awarded a penalty against Manchester United? Could Ashley Young have seen red? Should Chris Smalling's winner at the Etihad have stood? Dermot Gallagher has his say in Ref Watch.

INCIDENT: Ashley Young brings down Sergio Aguero in the box

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Penalty and yellow card

DERMOT SAYS: It is certainly a penalty and once you give the penalty, you make your own mind up (about which card to give). Many people said 'red card', but the fact he [Young] gets the ball would influence the ref to go yellow card. If you watch it, Martin [Atkinson] cuts the assistant out very quickly, saying 'I'm not giving it'. And at that point, he has closed his options.

INCIDENT: Young handles the ball in Manchester United box

DERMOT'S VERDICT: No penalty, accidental handball

DERMOT SAYS: He [Young] has gone with his head first of all and slipped. And the fact it has hit him like that and he is on the ground, I think the ball has hit him, his arm is already there and I do not think he can take it away.

INCIDENT: Smalling scores United's winner

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Just onside

DERMOT SAYS: What I would say in defence of the assistant - and I do not have to defend him because I believe he has got it right - is that everybody watching it would say that there is no way an assistant can be convinced he [Smalling] is offside. And that is the difference. You have to be convinced he is offside and in that situation you cannot be 100 per cent convinced he is.

Credit: Skysports.com