Overview
- Former PGMOL head Keith Hackett told Football Insider that Diogo Dalot’s studs-up contact on Jeremy Doku met the threshold for serious foul play and should have resulted in a red card.
- Hackett faulted VAR official Craig Pawson for not advising Anthony Taylor to conduct a pitchside review, saying the referee was let down by the process.
- The Premier League’s Match Centre stated the on-field yellow was checked and confirmed because the contact was deemed glancing and without excessive force.
- Alan Shearer argued the tackle endangered an opponent and merited a dismissal, while Gary Lineker countered that in real time it appeared less severe before replays.
- The incident occurred around the 11th minute at Old Trafford during a match Manchester United won, and no public reversal or retrospective sanction has been reported.