Premier League chief agrees with Alan Shearer over Newcastle United & Everton incident

Having witnessed Newcastle get a first-half penalty after VAR caught James Tarkowski dragging Sandro Tonali to ground, the Toffees appealed for a spot-kick of their own when Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dan Burn collided.

Tonali loss possession on the edge of the box which led to Nick Pope saving Calvert-Lewin’s shot before the striker kicked Burn’s leg when rushing to tap home the loose ball. Idrissa Gueye got there instead but fired his effort over the crossbar.

Everton manager Sean Dyche was somewhat bewildered by referee Craig Pawson and VAR’s decision, while former Liverpool full-back Stephen Warnock said he was “astonished” and “baffled”.

But Webb is on the side of the officials, plus United boss Eddie Howe and Alan Shearer in thinking it wasn’t a penalty.

“I don't think it's a penalty either,” Webb told Mic’d Up. “I think it's a really good on-field judgment as well. We see that Nick Pope makes a save and the ball rebounds and then two players, Calvert-Lewin and Burn, are moving towards that loose ball.

"Importantly, Burn moves in a straight line in a normal way and gets his foot in front of Calvert-Lewin. He doesn't deviate his foot into Calvert-Lewin or move towards him in that way.

"Of course we see Calvert-Lewin then swinging to take a shot and making contact with Burn from behind, but Burn's foot is already there in a pretty normal way so I don't think it's a foul by Burn and I think it's all a normal coming-together between the two players and a good judgment on the field."