Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher dissects the flashpoints from the weekend's football.
Incident: A penalty awarded after just two minutes at St James' Park as Vladimir Coufal brought down Anthony Gordon. One - was it a foul? And two - why was Gordon not offside?
Verdict: Correct decision.
Dermot says: "I think it's a foul. The ref spots the foul and then VAR has a look. Gordon is in an offside position but it all depends on Konstantinos Mavropanos playing the ball with his right foot deliberately and therefore under this guidance you can't give offside and Gordon can play.
Incident: Controversy surrounding West Ham's second goal. Mohammed Kudus scored while Fabian Schar was down holding his face. Should Rob Jones have allowed the free-kick to be taken quickly?
Verdict: Play should have been stopped.
Dermot says: "I think the best solution here was the minute they take the free-kick to blow your whistle and say, Schar has to be assessed. Kill it off quickly."
Incident: Newcastle got a second penalty, Kalvin Phillips bringing down Gordon. Jones gave it after going to the monitor. Was Phillips unfortunate?
Verdict: Right decision.
Dermot says: "He's unfortunate but he does kick him and it's a foul. Gordon is clever and gets in front of him. The referee has to give a penalty."
Incident: Dan Burn knocked over Kudus as he tried to break into the Newcastle box and David Moyes wanted a red card. But nothing was given.
Verdict: Right decision.
Dermot says: "When you're side-to-side, shoulder-to-shoulder fair enough. If a player gets in front you can't do that [shove] but side-by-side that's fine."
Incident: Bournemouth's Tyler Adams brought down Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the box but no penalty was given.
Verdict: The
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