Overview
- Late in Saturday's 0-0 at Sunderland, referee Stuart Attwell showed no card after Nilson Angulo appeared to catch Bruno Fernandes in the face with a forearm, and VAR Peter Bankes let the on-field call stand.
- Former referee Mike Dean said officials are "scared of going red" and urged a reset after what he called weak decision-making.
- Ex-PGMOL chief Keith Hackett called the action illegal and reckless, judged it borderline red because it lacked excessive force, and said it was a minimum yellow.
- On Match of the Day, Ashley Williams said it should have been a red card and contrasted it with same-day VAR upgrades that sent off players for Fulham and Bournemouth.
- Coach Michael Carrick said Fernandes complained in the dressing room about the contact after the match, and no retrospective action has been announced.