Moyes may face FA charge for confronting ref Madley

showed Willock was pushed into Guaita by Mitchell in the build-up, though VAR Lee Mason told referee Michael Salisbury to visit his monitor, where he overturned his original decision and disallowed the goal.

Alan Shearer blasted it as ‘shocking, abysmal, disgraceful’ after Newcastle’s 0-0 draw, adding on Match of the Day: ‘Minimum interference, maximum benefit is what we were told when VAR was brought in and this decision is as bad as you are going to see.’ VAR was heavily criticised for getting involved in both instances, as neither appeared to be a clear and obvious error. This season, a weekly report is sent to clubs regarding key incidents which occurred in their matches. These are studied by an independent panel, made up of a PGMOL and Premier League representative, as well as three former players.

The Premier League’s review of the controversial calls at Stamford Bridge and St James’ Park is separate to that process. Elsewhere, Leeds manager Jesse Marsch was sent to the stands after complaining that his team were not awarded a penalty at Brentford, who opened the scoring with a spot-kick of their own. Everton boss Frank Lampard also insisted Liverpool’s