Sunderland had a spot-kick awarded against Manchester United following a high foot incident involving Benjamin Sesko, but the decision was later reversed after a video assistant referee review at Old Trafford.

From a long throw by Nordi Mukiele, Sesko lifted his boot as Trai Hume attempted to head the ball into the box. Hume fell clutching his face and the on-field officials initially signalled for a penalty.

Referee Stuart Atwell then reviewed the incident on the pitchside monitor and announced:

Televised replays showed the ball, not Sesko's boot, made contact with Hume's head and that Sesko moved his foot away as the ball approached. That lack of contact led the referee, after consulting VAR protocols, to rescind the penalty and rule the ball out of play, resulting in a corner kick.

Under Law 12.2 from the International Football Association Board, a challenge can be penalised even without contact if it is dangerous or impedes play. However, when the offence is deemed dangerous but involves no contact, the correct sanction is an indirect free-kick rather than a direct free-kick or a penalty.

Because an indirect free-kick would be the appropriate outcome in those circumstances, VAR would not intervene to change a call to an indirect free-kick if the initial decision involved awarding a penalty.

The reversal came after match officials concluded there was no physical contact between Sesko's boot and Hume's head; with the ball deemed out of play at the moment of the action, the final ruling was a corner kick rather than a penalty or an indirect free-kick.