Everton boss Frank Lampard has been charged by the FA following comments he made about refereeing decisions in the 2-0 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, April 24. Lampard's comments are said to amount to 'improper conduct' for calling into dispute the integrity of the referee.
The former Chelsea midfielder made the comments after Everton were denied two penalties. Both incidents concerned Anthony Gordon, with the first seeing the Everton winger handed a yellow card for diving. The second came as he got ahead of Joel Matip and went down in the penalty area after feeling contact from behind.
This appeal was waved away as not being seen as enough force to be deemed a penalty. VAR did not intervene in either case.
