Ref Watch: No Gordon pen, but Mane & Richarlison should have seen red

In the latest Ref Watch, Dermot Gallagher looks back on a feisty Merseyside derby, with penalty calls and possible red cards dominating the agenda. Liverpool 2-0 Everton

INCIDENT: Anthony Gordon, who had earlier been booked for diving by referee Stuart Attwell, appeared to be knocked to the ground by Liverpool defender Joel Matip as the two chased down a ball behind the home defence with the game goalless at Anfield.

Attwell waved away appeals for a spot-kick from with VAR also declining to intervene, a decision Carragher told Sky Sports denied Everton a clear penalty - but one which he added may have been influenced by the forward's earlier perceived simulation.

Everton manager Frank Lampard also told Sky Sports: He said: "It was a penalty in the second half. I don't think you get them here. I think if that is Mo Salah at the other end, he gets the penalty.

"I am not trying to create conflict there, I just think it is the reality of football sometimes. Maybe I have played for clubs sometimes at the top reaches of the league, with the crowd behind them, you get more than you don't.

"The second one on Anthony is a foul. It is a clear foul. But you don't get them here."

DERMOT'S VERDICT: An on-field decision by the referee.

DERMOT SAYS: "I think it's an on-field decision - the referee has to make this decision. There's an arm on the shoulder, there's no doubt about that, and he goes down. I think they get tangled up.

"The referee is really clever because he doesn't make an instant decision. If you look at him, he knows it's a big decision, and he almost runs it through, gives himself time and makes his decision.

"On that basis, it has to be his call, There's no point throwing to VAR because you can't say the referee has