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Matthew Hobkinson

Former Premier League referee clears up debate over Man City penalty and red card vs Fulham

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has given his verdict on Manchester City's injury-time penalty against Fulham, as well as Joao Cancelo's red card in the first-half.

After Pep Guardiola named Haaland on the bench, very few City fans would have thought they'd genuinely need the 22-year-old to come on and win the game for them. Julian Alvarez seemed to confirm exactly that after his superb Sergio Aguero-esque strike into the roof of net in the 16th minute - but things quickly went downhill for the Blues.

Joao Cancelo was shown a straight red card by referee Darren England after he was judged to have illegally muscled Fulham's Harry Wilson off the ball inside the penalty area. Former Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira proceeded to send Ederson the wrong way from the spot, as he made it 1-1 just before the half-hour mark.

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