Everton is said to have filed an official appeal after being refused a penalty over Manchester City at the weekend, along with a request for an apology to Frank Lampard and his team as a result of this event.
Rodri, a City midfielder, escaped an apparent handball call in the waning minutes of the weekend’s match at Goodison Park, both with on-field officials and VAR opting not to penalize the infringement. After Phil Foden’s score, the visiting side went on to win 1-0, putting Everton with a bitter taste in their mouth. The Athletic claims that they have formally objected to the ruling today.
Rodri appeared to handle the ball with his arm during the incident, well with touch coming underneath the called ‘t-shirt’ line. This is the rule that the Premier League implemented to try to clarify handball rulings, even though referee Paul Tierney missed the point of contact.”We’ve lost a point by a professional who can’t do his job right,” Lampard said. ‘It’s incompetence at best. At worst, who knows?’
‘That’s Chris Kavanagh. It’s completely on Chris. The referee [Paul Tierney] on the day knows it was a penalty. [But] he couldn’t see it.’, Lampard said in a post-match match interview as reported by Sky sports.
