The decision to send off Morgan Gibbs-White in Nottingham Forest’s 2-2 draw at Brighton was split 3-2, with the majority believing official Robert Jones was wrong to dismiss the midfielder.
Gibbs-White, who has been charged by the Football Association for his reaction, was shown a second yellow card after an 83rd-minute challenge on Joao Pedro, although three of the panel felt it fell below the threshold for a second caution.
Two panellists thought “the intensity of the challenge is too high and it’s a reckless tackle showing disregard to the consequences for the opponent”.
The panel was also split on the call not to award West Ham a penalty in their 3-0 defeat by Chelsea.
Wesley Fofana’s tackle on Crysencio Summerville in the 28th minute, with the Hammers 2-0 down, went unpunished by referee Samuel Barrott.
The majority of the panel, 3-2, felt a spot-kick should have been awarded.
“Summerville’s wrist is held as he gets away from Fofana, and this impacts his progress towards the ball. The holding starts outside the penalty area and continues into it,” the panel wrote.
It was also split on VAR intervention, 4-1, with the majority supporting the referee’s call of no penalty because it was not a clear and obvious error.
A statement from the Premier League Match Centre X account said during the game the incident between Fofana and Summerville did constitute “sustained holding”.