Ref Watch: Dermot explains why VAR overruled for Brighton penalty claim

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has explained why Andy Madley overruled VAR Michael Oliver to dismiss Brighton's penalty claim at Brentford.

Madley became the first referee in the Premier League to reject a VAR review for a second time after he refused to disallow Fulham's second goal for handball at Crystal Palace last season.

On Wednesday night Brighton appealed for a penalty, claiming Brentford's Yoane Wissa had pulled down Lewis Dunk at a corner, and the VAR sent the referee to the pitchside monitor.

But Madley ruled Wissa had been fouled first by Dunk and gave a free-kick to Brentford instead.

Gallagher said: "I thought it showed two things: that Michael Oliver is very diligent. He can only say 'potential penalty' because the referee did not give a foul by Dunk. Therefore, he cannot judge that, he can only judge if it is a penalty, so he refers that to the referee.

"The process is really good as he goes over to the TV monitor and judges that Dunk has no doubt committed the first foul, he has pulled back Wissa and then Wissa has fouled Dunk.

"But as he quite rightly says, he thinks it is a foul and he gives a free-kick, so it is a good process. And because the VAR has alerted him to a possible penalty, it has covered all bases."

It was also the first time in the Premier League that a referee has been sent to the monitor to give a penalty and restarted the match with a free-kick to the defending team.

Brentford manager Thomas Frank: "Fantastic decision. I spoke to the referees, as far as I know it's the protocol. The VAR had to ask him to go to the screen.

"Even though it's clearly a foul on Wissa first, it's just part of the protocol. Between them, it worked well. It's good, Andy was good overall. There were a