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Joe Bray

'My three-year-old could see it was a penalty' - Frank Lampard slams Man City VAR call vs Everton

Frank Lampard has slammed the 'incompetent' officiating as Everton were denied a penalty against Manchester City for handball.

In a close game, City took the lead late on through Phil Foden after a Michael Keane mistake, but Everton felt they should have had a chance to equalise when Rodri controlled a ball in his own area using his arm.

The referee did not award a penalty, but the incident was reviewed for a long time by the Video Assistant Referee. To the fury of both sides of Merseyside, VAR ultimately decided that there was 'no conclusive evidence' that enough of the ball had hit the area deemed to constitute handball.

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