Dermot Gallagher: Aston Villa unlucky not be given penalty v Leeds United
Dermot Gallagher claims that Aston Villa were unfortunate to see a penalty not being awarded to them in the Leeds United clash on Sunday.
Tyrone Mings was clearly pulled down by Liam Cooper in the box and the former Premier League referee says that VAR might have recommended a penalty had they asked Stuart Attwell to look at the monitor.
However, they did not decide to act, much to the dismay of the Villa players, who dominated the game and deserved to win it.
Gallagher told Sky Sports, “That’s a massive risk to do that, why you’d take that chance. If his challenge isn’t seen, and that one is, if the VAR sent the referee over to the review monitor, I think they might recommend a penalty.
“If he gets a penalty given against him, I don’t think he’s got much argument about it.”
Shocking
This should have been a penalty as Mings is clearly holding on to his jersey and he has brought him down – which is a foul.
We cannot believe that Attwell was not asked to have a second look at it and this is a farce that’s cost Villa two important points.
Steven Gerrard is fighting for his life at Villa Park and a win would’ve gone a long way to help him navigate his way out of this tough battle.
Hopefully, these kinds of calls do not go against Villa in the coming weeks as they’ll be extremely damaging to their chances of finishing in the top half.
It’s also important for them to take their chances as they created plenty v Villa but failed to put the ball into the back of the net.
We’re hoping to see a response sooner rather than later from them.
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