Everton: Frank Lampard's passionate interview on Rodri incident during Man City defeat

Everton vs Manchester City could hardly have ended in more controversial circumstances.

Frank Lampard’s men seemed destined to suffer a gut-wrenching defeat at Goodison Park when 82 minutes of steely resistance was ended by Phil Foden making the most of a defensive mix up.

However, Everton appeared to have a route back into the game when they launched a strong penalty appeal against Rodri, who looked to have handled the ball, just a few minutes later.

A last-gasp penalty would have given the Toffees a well-deserved shot at equalising, which, in turn, could have blown the Premier League title race wide open as their Merseyside neighbours close in.

Nevertheless, despite Rodri’s arm seemingly making contact with the ball in an unnatural position, both the on-field officials and VAR decided that a penalty could not be given. Cue the outrage.

While the handball rule can be equally infuriating and subjective at the best of times, anyone on Twitter when the Rodri incident transpired can vouch for just how angrily this particular episode was received.

In the end, though, the word from the Premier League seemed to be that VAR saw insufficient evidence that Rodri made contact in the area eligible for handball in order to override the original decision.

That being said, Chris Williams later reported that the Premier League Match Centre conceded upon further reviews after the game that it looked as though the incident was indeed worthy of a penalty.

But regardless of the exact rationale behind the decision, we can all agree that there were grounds on which anyone associated with Everton could be understandably angry with how the episode played out.

So, it should come as no surprise at all that Lampard himself was suitably bewildered