Webb reveals how officials made blunder in not awarding Wolves a penalty at Utd

In a new directive for greater transparency on the big decisions across the Premier League, refereeing chief Howard Webb has revealed why Wolves were not awarded a penalty late in their defeat at Manchester United.

Webb was speaking on the PGMOL's first Match Officials Mic'd Up show, joined by Michael Owen in the studio for the 26-minute programme.

One of the most controversial decisions was Simon Hooper's decision not to punish Man United goalkeeper Andre Onana for a reckless collision with Wolves' Sasa Kalajdzic.

Webb swiftly contacted Wolves in the aftermath to apologise for Hooper's mistake - which cost them a golden opportunity of a point at Old Trafford - and he has now expanded on exactly how Gary O'Neil's side were failed by VAR that night.

'We hear the VAR in this circumstance going through the checking phase and he's describing what he's seen,' Webb said. 'He starts to go down the road to recommending a review, but he overthinks it a little bit.

'Sometimes VAR can do that. They're trying to identify what the game would expect and when he sees them come together, he knows that can happen and it's not a foul.

'He sees it as a collision and two players coming together - the difference with this one, is that Onana jumps in at the Wolves player so it's not two players coming together. It's one going into another.'

More to follow.