Match Thread Everton v Manchester City, Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Handball]

Chances are, we will need 34 points this season to stay up, let's just go out, play like we did today and win some games before some blert manages to reimagine a CGI version of Clive Thomas to referee out last 4 games.

 

[Grogu the blue]

VAR Have said “not enough evidence”

Just said now on sky

Suppose the have a point!


Wasn’t enough evidence when OJ Simpson was found not guilty either

 

[BlueStevie35]

The brass neck of City fans to say it wasn’t given because of an offside on Twitter sums it up, even the Kultists were saying pen all day

 

[banno]

VDB was very good to un till he went off.

True. The midfield was excellent but just ran out of steam. Would stick with those 3 from now on..

 

[carolinablue232]

That's the corruption in football that drives me nuts. Even more when there is a pattern of bias towards us

I generally don’t think it’s corruption but when it’s as obvious as this decision should’ve been, I start to waver

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Lampard has nailed them there, fair play

 

[Khalekan]

Close call for MOTM pickford some excellent saves Allen never stopped running

I have Richarliason in the mix with those two as a contender.

 

[carolinablue232]

Lampard has nailed them there, fair play

What did he say?

 

[Taifi gorm]

Pep supposedly quoted as saying he was told it was because it was offside

Reporter pulled him up on that. He then said he hadn't seen the image

 

[MisterJ]

The VAR ruling is a joke: not enough evidence to say it was clear and obvious.

Total joke

 

[Bally's Boots]

Well there you have it the first penalty that the red sh!te have been denied all season!

 

[BrendanGOT]

Tough to take that result today but we have to look at the positives. Play like that for a bulk of winnable games and we'll stay up

 

[MisterJ]

Sky have completely glossed over the handball, pathetic.

No they haven't, they've been talking about it for ages after the game

 

[Lee Smith]

NBC came out with it as a reason and so did Pep I think.

Yeah I’ve just seen the NBC stuff and Pep’s quotes, but it’s absolute nonsense for them to claim it was not given for an offside. VAR spent about 2 minutes watching and rewatching replays of the handball, which we all saw, not once did they check for any possible offsides. The penalty was not given as they didn’t think it was a handball, not for because of an offside in the build up.

 

[Leylo]

Just got in from game absolutely gutted the shift they put in deserved something, ref was a feckin joke