Liverpool just about preserved their 100% start to the Premier League season on Sunday, emerging with a 1-0 win over Burnley courtesy of a Mo Salah penalty deep into stoppage time.Despite having 27 shots to the home side’s three, the Reds literally needed a helping hand from Hannibal Mejbri to give them the opportunity to come away from Turf Moor with victory.Whilst nobody could have any arguments over that decision from Michael Oliver, another call from the referee did elicit disagreement in the Sky Sports studio, namely the second yellow card shown to Lesley Ugochukwu for a rash lunge on Florian Wirtz.Ugochukwu red card sparks debate in Sky Sports studioFormer top-flight official Dermot Gallagher made his customary appearance on Ref Watch on Monday morning, and he was joined by ex-Wolves and Cardiff striker Jay Bothroyd, with the pair having contrasting views on the dismissal of the Burnley midfielder.The ex-Premier League whistler agreed with Oliver’s decision, saying: “Why make a challenge like this? This will always be a second yellow card! That’s what the rules are. Sometimes the referees have to do what they don’t like.”Image via Sky SportsBothroyd saw it differently as he argued: “I don’t think he should be sent off for that. If that was his first challenge, then yes, it’s a yellow card. But a second yellow? It’s not enough. Wirtz has just come across his legs.“I don’t think that’s a yellow card offence, in my opinion. I think that’s really soft. Sometimes I want to see common sense.”Ugochukwu could have few complaintsSome Liverpool fans may argue that Ugochukwu could’ve received a straight red card for his first-half lunge on Alexis Mac Allister, which left the Argentine midfielder needing treatment on the pitch and prompted his half-time substitution.Whatever the rights or wrongs of that decision from Oliver, for the Burnley man to then jump in on Wirtz when already on a yellow was impetuous, and in our view he could have few complaints at being handed his marching orders.The referee seemed to get all the big calls correct at Turf Moor, to be fair – that includes booking Milos Kerkez for an act of simulation that Jamie Carragher labelled ‘absolutely stupid‘.The Hungarian ran the risk of a second yellow card for a challenge on Jaidon Anthony shortly afterwards, but thankfully Arne Slot was proactive enough to substitute Liverpool’s number 6 before he got himself rashly sent off.Ugochukwu didn’t manage to toe the disciplinary line after his first booking, and he paid the price for lunging in on Wirtz, leaving Oliver with little choice but to reach for his pocket.The post “That’s what the rules are” – Sky Sports duo disagree on refereeing decision from Liverpool win appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.