Everton demand Premier League apology after controversial Rodri penalty call against Manchester City

Everton have written to the Premier League to demand an apology after they were controversially denied a penalty against Manchester City on Saturday. The Toffees were left incensed after the ball hit the arm of City midfielder Rodri in the area and referee Paul Tierney did not give a spot-kick. Ad/> Video assistant referee Chris Kavanagh did not overturn the original decision or ask Tierney to look at the pitchside monitor as he felt there was no obvious error.

Premier LeagueLiverpool ‘are not going to drop points’ — Guardiola says Man City must win remaining games9 HOURS AGO Multiple reports say Everton have made a formal complaint over the standard of officiating in recent games and want an apology from the Premier League. Everton coach Ashley Cole was shown a yellow card for his protests after the final whistle and manager Frank Lampard said his three-year-old daughter would have seen it was a penalty. «There is no doubt, there is no probably to it,» Lampard told Sky Sports.

Lampard fumes at penalty call in Man City loss Guardiola: Liverpool are not going to drop points «The decision is incredible, incredible, and that loses us the opportunity to get what we deserved. “That's a VAR call. That's Chris Kavanagh, I spoke to the referee and they know it is a penalty, the question is that is it offside and it wasn't.

»That's the reason we have VAR. It wouldn't have needed more than five seconds to know it was a penalty. He [Kavanagh] should have either told the referee to give it or told him to go look at it.

«We've lost a point because of a professional who cannot do his job right. You start searching for whys and I can't think why. It is so incompetent to get it wrong.