Referees pay the penalty for disputed decision at Old Trafford

Although there were no major upsets in the opening weekend of the Premier League, the action wasn’t devoid of talking points.

It will come as no surprise that most of the disputes concerned refereeing and VAR decisions and the interpretation of new rules.

The most contentious incident came at Old Trafford where Manchester United were fortunate not to concede a late penalty when goalkeeper Andre Onana clattered into Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic without making any contact with the ball.

The ref didn’t see anything wrong with it and neither did VAR.

However, the three officials involved, referee Simon Hooper and VAR duo Michael Salisbury and Richard West have significantly not been selected for this…