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Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet should have seen red against Stoke, says Dermot Gallagher

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Image: Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet should have seen red against Stoke on Wednesday, says Dermot Gallagher

Should Simon Mignolet have seen red for Liverpool on Wednesday at Stoke? Dermot Gallagher has his say in Ref Watch.

Also up for discussion was Huddersfield's penalty shout against Arsenal, and whether Danny Rose should have earned a late spot-kick for Tottenham at Leicester.

Read on to see Dermot's verdict on the week's biggest incidents and if they were handled properly by the officials...

Stoke 0-3 Liverpool

INCIDENT: Simon Mignolet escaped a red card after seeing yellow for his tackle on Mame Biram Diouf on the edge of the box during Liverpool's win at Stoke.

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Wrong decision

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Mignolet lucky to avoid red?

DERMOT SAYS: A yard the other way and it might have been the right decision, but it's a red card because it's outside the penalty area. It doesn't fall into the line of the 'double jeopardy' rule. It's a foul and has stopped him from going through. Diouf had the ball at his feet, one more step and he can roll it into the net. The fact Joe Gomez is there is a red herring because he would never catch him. It has to be an obvious goalscoring opportunity, and it was.

INCIDENT: Liverpool scored with the first real chance of the game as Joe Gomez's centre at the byline fell to Dominic Solanke, who played in Sadio Mane to apply the finish over Lee Grant from six yards. However, Stoke felt the ball from Gomez had gone out of play.

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Stoke 0-3 Liverpool

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Correct decision

DERMOT SAYS: There's three elements to this goal when you break it down. The whole ball has to go over the line, and it doesn't. When you see the ball cut in, he [Mane] is not offside, and then the player who follows it up [Firmino] is not in an offside position, though he lets it go in anyway. Three good calls in one move.

Arsenal 5-0 Huddersfield

INCIDENT: With Arsenal leading 1-0, Huddersfield saw claims for a penalty waved away after Steve Mounie collided with Shkodran Mustafi.

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Arsenal 5-0 Huddersfield

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Correct decision

DERMOT SAYS: It's not a penalty because he has run into Mustafi, who has gone to head the ball. Mustafi would have headed the ball if Mounie doesn't cannon into him - so I think not.

Leicester 2-1 Tottenham

INCIDENT: Danny Rose's claims for a penalty were waved away by referee Anthony Taylor at the death after the Tottenham defender went down following a challenge from Wilfried Ndidi.

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Correct decision

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Leicester 2-1 Tottenham

DERMOT SAYS: My first reaction was that it was a penalty, but I wasn't so sure after watching it again. I think he just gets the ball and then Rose goes over his leg. That shows you how difficult the decision is. Tough call but the referee just about got it right.

Everton 4-0 West Ham

INCIDENT: Dominic Calvert-Lewin knocked the ball around the onrushing Joe Hart, who upended the young striker, leading Wayne Rooney to score from the penalty spot.

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Everton 4-0 West Ham

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Correct decision

DERMOT SAYS: I think it's a good decision, because Hart gets a touch on the ball but Calvert-Lewin would still get to the ball if he didn't bring him down. He gets a nick but that doesn't stop it being a penalty, he absolutely wipes him out.

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