Frank Lampard claimed that the choice from VAR to deny Everton a penalty in opposition to Manchester City turned into “incompetence at satisfactory”.
The Toffees went toe-to-toe with the champions in the first half of of Saturday’s eventual 1-zero defeat at Goodison Park. However, City ruled the second 45 minutes earlier than Phil Foden scored a scrappy winner within the 82mind minute.
However, that become now not the stop of the drama. Indeed, Everton could have had a penalty after that.
The ball appeared to strike Rodri’s arm in the container, however referee Paul Tierney waved the hosts’ appeals away. And even if Tierney consulted VAR, Chris Kavanagh claimed he did now not see enough conclusive evidence to opposite the unique choice.
City boss Guardiola pointed to a ability offside from Richarlison in the construct-up, claiming that become the motive Everton failed with their appeals.
Nevertheless, Lampard hit again in his personal interview, insisting that he had not heard affirmation of offside from each person.
“I desired to understand if it became offside within the building up but I have been instructed it wasn’t in the build up,” he instructed Sky Sports.
“Go to VAR, they have got mins to study it and to assume they have now not given that as a penalty when it strikes him on the arm, in an unnatural function. I even have a 3-yr-old daughter at home who ought to tell you that was a penalty.
“We are preventing at the lowest of the desk and they're fighting at the pinnacle and it’s an easy selection to give a penalty.
“I don’t understand what has to take place as a mirrored image of that. A mistake is if you have carried out something incorrect and don’t have time to reflect onconsideration on it. They had two mins to digest the handball.
