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His challenge on James Maddison was deemed by referee Chris Kavanagh to have been serious foul play, although replays showed Fernandes had slipped while committing the challenge.

Despite VAR upholding the on-field decision, United has now successfully appealed the decision with The FA, meaning Fernandes will avoid a three-match ban.

It may have been forgotten amid the controversy surrounding Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal, but Liverpool had its own contentious sending-off against Tottenham.

Jones was given his marching orders after VAR instructed referee Simon Hooper to take another look at the midfielder’s challenge on Yves Bissouma, which he had initially received a yellow card for.

Despite replays showing Jones’ foot slipping over the ball as he looked to win it back, Hooper chose to upgrade his original decision, and brandish the red card, much to the bemusement of Gary Neville, who was commentating on the game for Sky Sports.

"A yellow is right, they are checking it.

[VAR is] showing [referee Simon Hooper] the end motion, which looks bad," Neville said.

Referee Simon Hooper shows a red card to Curtis Jones.

After all, the Manchester United captain had time to pull out of the challenge when he slipped, but still chose to lunge in on Maddison with his studs showing.

On the other hand, there was nothing Jones could do as his foot slipped over the ball and into Bissouma’s standing leg, yet it’s Fernandes who gets his red card overturned while the Liverpool midfielder had to sit out three games
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