Everton 0-1 Man City: Many fans raging after Rodri 'handball' in Premier League clash

Manchester City had to fight incredibly hard for their latest three points in the Premier League title race.

Despite it looking at one point as though the Citizens were nailed on to conquer England for the fourth time in five seasons, Liverpool have now moved within touching distance of Pep Guardiola’s side.

In fact, City knew going into their trip to Goodison Park on Saturday evening that anything other than a victory would leave the door wide open for Liverpool to narrow the gap down from three points.

And Guardiola was very nearly staring at the possibility of exactly that as the champions entered the final exchanges on Merseyside with the scores locked at 0-0.

However, when you have as much quality in your squad as City do, then there’s always a chance that the goal will come eventually and Phil Foden just happened to be the man who provided the finishing touch.

And for all the incredible resolve that Frank Lampard’s men had shown throughout the game, you’d have been forgiven for thinking that City scoring in the final 10 minutes would have completely winded them.

Alas, that wasn’t to be the case with countless fans thinking that Everton should have had the chance to equalise from 12 yards when they looked to have a great shout for a late penalty.

Social media was alive with debate and outrage when Rodri was deemed not to have handled the ball in City’s box by either the on-field officials or VAR in what many thought to be a wildly incorrect decision.

The handball rule is divisive and nebulas at the best of times, but when it’s a particularly weighty call within the context of a title race, then you can guarantee that it will be scrutinised even more heavily.

However, never mind what fans, pundits and players might