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    Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher analyses Fulham's red cards in the FA Cup loss to Manchester United
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    Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher analyses Fulham’s red cards in the FA Cup loss to Manchester United



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    Dermot Gallagher explains why Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic was sent off in the FA Cup for pushing a referee, while Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes wasn’t for a similar incident in the Premier League against Liverpool.

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    41 Comments

    1. ReefNRod on

      3:50 Bruno's did not 'grab hold'. Literally just gave q tiny push. Assistant ref could easily tell ref to give him a yellow if he thought Bruno did anything wrong but didn't. That simple

    2. ReefNRod on

      For the Bruno thing, don't forget the assistant ref touched Bruno first and Bruno subsequently reacted to it. If we are going to go all out on the 'dont touch the ref' line, then it should apply the other way too. Referees should not be touching players either. Assistant ref should be facing punishment for instigating the incident.

    3. Neegam Adhikari on

      i don't know why this type of content doesn't come when the decision is made against Man utd. One time in this season the decision favored Utd they are coming with the analysis video

    4. Harrier Gr7 on

      No matter what sport is being played, respecting the ref and officials should be drilled into every sports person, without them there is no sport.

    5. Rc madness on

      They could easily sanction the player for any length of time but also 3 points deduction that would end all the surrounding of refs aswell

    8. Brian Mccabe on

      Fernandes, ready to take the corner, the lines man walked between Bruno and THE BALL!!
      The linesman should have been sent to the dressing room and never used again.
      The F.A. do not play by the rules.
      Then it spreads through the match officials, who think they are gods.

    9. 12barmac on

      FFS he isn't asking you to decide the outcome he is asking you your opinion and you have the right as a human being to voice your opinion….

    11. Fredrik Nordin on

      A red card AND a penalty is too sever. A yellow card and a penalty is enough. This ”red card and penalty” needs to change, because it can easily ruin a game. If I paid €150 to go and see a ”ruined” game I’d be really upset.

    13. NBT 3 on

      No.matter what you can't push a or touch a ref. And at no time can a top $$$ team not get some help to win. 😮

    14. number six on

      Di Canio received an 11-match ban and 10k fine for pushing a referee.
      The ref didn't get a yellow for the dive tho'.
      Somewhere between 6 and 9 games out I'd say for this bully.
      And crowding around the ref is pure bullying. No excuses at all there.

    17. Robin Aproskie on

      Watch field hockey ( you can't swear on the pithch not even at your own players) dissagree with the ref you get sent off. Footballers are a disgrace.

    18. Henry on

      How about protecting the players…..
      Two united players have had horrific injuries recently with no red cards issued.

    19. Dan Fenech on

      the bruno incident was nothing like the fulham game if bruno is punished the assistant should be punished as well theres just an anti united agenda if he played for spurs or liverpool bruno wouldt have been mentioned

    23. Why Can't I Just Comment Anonymously? on

      Admittedly, I lack the background and history most of you do, but as an American who has recently come to love football and the Prem in particular, I have to say, by far my biggest issue with it is that the sportsmanship of the players and coaches is incredibly poor. Going after the ref, demanding yellows, diving, faking injuries, and even the way guys get on their own teammates (Jordan Pickford would last about 30 seconds on a baseball field before his own team pummeled him into oblivion) are a real problem, they're getting worse, and I've seen almost nothing being done about it. The league needs to reverse this garbage immediately or face entire generations who grow up thinking this is how it should be. It's a great game, a great league, but it needs a little ethical maintenance.

    25. Dethred1 on

      Dermot Gallagher is such a joke. He literally makes up the rules or bends them just to validate the actions of the match officials. This isn't about anything other than covering for the hopelessly incompetent refs.

    26. Daniel on

      1. Yes. It was OBVIOUS handball. Purposely.

      2. Yes. Totally correct to send off Mitrovic. That scum showed total disrespect for the ref.

    29. BaseXD 'z on

      Waaa… that guy is just smearing honey on this topic… was like for real 3 Red cards, no we are all humans and with all the mistakes…
      Looking for the penalty you could say yeah maybe it is over there at that because that was a mistake but giving your coach and a Co player a red card really that was too much

    30. Branislav Radisic on

      to be honest mitrovic just touched the ref shouldnt have been a straight red i think that was a yellow and what he did after wouldnt have happened if it wasnt for the straight red card

    31. Nathan Thomas on

      Just remember, when Dermot Gallagher is brought in as an expert on refereeing decisions, that HE is the referee who only showed Ben Thatcher a YELLOW card when he did that horrific elbow on Pedro Mendes, rendering him unconscious on the pitch.

    32. Kaiserbill99 on

      To bang on about the Fernandes incident is futile if not infantile. On another day it may well have resulted in a yellow or even red card but that is utterly irrelevant to the Mitrovic incident. There is no ambiguity with Mitrovic man handling the ref. Red card.

    33. Swiper Cat on

      Embarrassment of corruption displayed as we are told don’t touch the refs or it’s a red but Bruno does the same before and shoves one and get nothing not even a warning. Does it depend on the refs mood now utter disgrace.

    36. Steve Wooldridge on

      Fulham crucified 3 staff members careers trashed what was the reason for the meltdown. Sky’s Dermot tight lipped not committing himself, the action of the referee must be investigated. No excuse’s he was in the right place at the right time had a clear unobstructed view of Willian 7 maybe 8 metres away and he gave a corner kick. I can understand the anger and the frustration it’s a ridiculous situation the meltdown was inevitable.

    38. Steve Martin on

      as an amateur footballer I was always told if you touch a Ref banned for life, no argument. Fernandez was out of order but should have been at least a yellow. Mitrovic throw the book at him, violent and very nasty, for what protesting against an obvious penalty. Silva is a fool.
      If Mitrovic gets less than 6 months he got off light.

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