Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has run the rule over four refereeing decisions during Liverpool's 2-0 victory at Bournemouth last Saturday. Despite the Cherries feeling aggrieved with some of the calls made, he says Darren England and his team of officials can be proud of their efforts.

Arne Slot's side, unbeaten since the fourth week of the Premier League season, travelled to Bournemouth, who themselves were unbeaten in 11 outings. Most recently they had beaten Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest heavily, and earlier in the term came out on top vs Arsenal and Manchester City at home.

So the Vitality Stadium presented a daunting task, but it was one Liverpool would come through thanks to two Mohamed Salah goals without reply. The opener was a direct result of the first major decision of the afternoon, with England's on-field call to award the Reds a penalty after Cody Gakpo received the slightest of knocks from Lewis Cook to go down.

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"I think this is an absolutely excellent on-field call," Gallagher said on Sky Sports' Ref Watch. "When I first saw it I though 'oh, he's tripped himself', but when I saw the reply he actually catches him in the back of the leg.

"Catches the back of his leg which flies his foot on so that he trips himself. That's what cannons his left foot onto his right foot so that he trips himself."

For that, he was heckled by the show's presenter, who argued that Gakpo had tripped over his own feet. But pundits Stephen Warnock and Sue Smith sided with the former English top-flight official.

Following on, David Brooks saw an equaliser ruled out by linesman Akil Howson for an offside in the build-up, and Gallagher added: "Excellent spot. It's Kerkez, right across the field from the assistant, great spot. Bearing in mind how fast they're going."

Third on the agenda was an incident in which Bournemouth believed they should have been awarded a second-half penalty for handball as Trent Alexander-Arnold cleared the ball.

"Too high up on the sleeve, I think he turns away. Not a penalty for me - good on-field decision," was Gallagher's verdict on the incident.

And lastly, Alexis Mac Allister was substituted by Slot after the break, but only after he had picked up one yellow card and escaped another for clipping Brooks as they challenged for the ball dropping out of the sky.

To answer the suggestion, the Argentine should have been sent off with a second booking, Gallagher replied: "You don't get seduced by the fact he's already on a yellow card when he goes to volley the ball into the net. Brooks comes in, and he just catches him; it's a foul. That's it."