Indeed on ref watch yesterday:
Trent incident was a penalty & red card.
Fulham goalkeeper challenge wasn't a penalty or red.
According to Dermot Gallagher.
The fact that a former referee can look at these two incidents and say that one is a penalty and a red and the other is neither tells you everything you need to know about the modern game.
I guarantee that if you showed him incidents where other players were taken out after shooting in a far more deliberate way but no penalty given then he'd defend those decisions as well even though he is contradicting himself. They all make it up as the go along and find ways to justify their ridiculous decisions.
He also said this about the Utd penalty:
I think this is what we call a 'modern-day penalty'. From what we've seen in the Premier League this season, they've decided if there's contact on the foot, they'll give a penalty. That's why, 25 rounds in, we've already had more penalties than any other season before. We talk about consistency - they have been consistent.
Yet against Everton when Digne catches Salah in the box slightly that isn't a penalty. Nor is the tangle of legs with Mane against Southampton, or the Newcastle keeper grabbing Mane's leg, or Mane being taken out after shooting against Burnley, or Salah against Villa, etc etc. They are consistent at backing up each other's decisions and that is about as far as it goes.