Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher believes the officials got all three big decisions correct in Leeds United’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal. The Whites were narrowly beaten by the Premier League leader’s courtesy of Bukayo Saka’s first half goal but the game was not short of controversy.
After his half time introduction from the bench, Patrick Bamford was at the heart of most of the game’s big talking points. First, he saw his goal chalked off by referee Chris Kavanagh just moments after the break following a push on Gabriel, which Gallagher thinks was the right call.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ ref watch, he said: “I thought it was a foul, when you see it, it is hard to say it is not a foul. The interesting thing is he [Bamford] has pointed to his chest there, to say it’s not handball I think he said to the referee. You see there he quite clearly pushes him, without VAR that would not have been given.”
