Everton have made a formal complaint to the Premier League over the decision not to award them a penalty against Manchester City.
Everton looked like they’d get the chance to score what would have been a deserved equaliser when Manchester City player Rodri handled the ball in his own area.
The Spaniard appeared to clearly control the ball with his arm – below the so-called ‘t-shirt’ line which the Premier League uses for supposed clarity for handball decisions – but the incident was not spotted by referee Paul Tierney.
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The decision went to VAR but back at Stockley Park, Chris Kavanagh decided not to award a penalty and did not even deem it worthy of a second look by Tierney on the pitchside monitor available to view replays.
Everton chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale has made a formal complaint to both Richard Masters at the Premier League and Chief Football Officer Tony Scholes this morning.
The ECHO understands Barrett-Baxendale issued a strongly-worded message to the pair, expressing grave concerns at the quality of officiating in Everton matches recently and at the very least she is demanding an apology be given to manager Frank Lampard and his players about Saturday’s VAR decision.
That will of course be little consolation to the team in their battle against relegation after they missed out on what could have been a crucial Premier League point against the division’s top side.
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