"What happened: Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot was late with a challenge on Jérémy Doku, catching the Manchester City attacker high on the knee. The on-field decision from referee Anthony Taylor was a yellow card, confirmed by VAR Craig Pawson. VAR decision: The referee's call of yellow card to Dalot for a reckless challenge was checked and confirmed by VAR -- with the contact deemed to be glancing and not with excessive force."
"This was a lazy challenge by Dalot. The contact was unnecessarily late, high and across Doku's knee, all considerations that would have put Pawson in a difficult position when reviewing the challenge so early in a derby game. The live communication from Taylor, describing the challenge and subsequent level of contact as reckless as opposed to dangerous -- understandable from an on-field perspective -- would have been Pawson's starting point in this review process."
Diogo Dalot made a late challenge on Jérémy Doku that caught Doku high on the knee. Referee Anthony Taylor showed a yellow card for a reckless challenge. VAR Craig Pawson reviewed the challenge and confirmed the yellow after judging the contact to be glancing and not excessive force. The timing of the incident early in the derby and the on-field description of 'reckless' rather than 'dangerous' influenced the VAR review. The decision generated controversy due to the apparent late, high contact, but the VAR protocol allowed confirmation when there was no clear and obvious error.
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