{"id":10689,"date":"2022-02-26T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T23:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/26\/its-completely-on-chris-kavanagh-everton-boss-lampard-in-remarkable-post-man-city-rant\/"},"modified":"2022-02-26T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T23:01:24","slug":"its-completely-on-chris-kavanagh-everton-boss-lampard-in-remarkable-post-man-city-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/26\/its-completely-on-chris-kavanagh-everton-boss-lampard-in-remarkable-post-man-city-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s completely on Chris Kavanagh\u2019: Everton boss Lampard in remarkable post-Man City rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everton boss Frank Lampard was not at all shy in making his feelings regarding the standard of officiating clear, on the back of his side\u2019s defeat to Manchester City this evening.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of officiating, and in particular VAR, has unfortunately taken its place front and centre in the English football headlines once more on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This comes on the back of a hugely controversial call late in the Premier League showdown between Everton and Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the closing ten minutes at Goodison Park, the ball appeared to strike the arm of Sky Blues midfielder Rodri in the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>Upon subsequent replays being broadcast, the incident was made to look even more clear-cut, amid the widespread agreement that Rodri had, indeed, inexplicably moved his arm towards the ball whilst in the box.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Everton were denied a penalty after Rodri was deemed to have not deliberately handled the ball \u274c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XqpQ2uiRTb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XqpQ2uiRTb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1497653596074172418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bizarrely, however, on the back of a lengthy VAR check, it was decided that sufficient evidence was not forthcoming to prove that the ball had struck the part of Rodri\u2019s arm which would entitle Everton to a spot-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Penalty calls, in turn, were waved away, ensuring that Phil Foden\u2019s finish at the other end just minutes earlier ultimately proved the match-winner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On a potential offside in the build up to a VAR no penalty at Everton. The restart was not an offside, the Premier League Match Centre has said the VAR thought the footage was inconclusive, but on further review after the final whistle it \u2018looks a penalty\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EVEMCI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EVEMCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Williams (@Chris78Williams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chris78Williams\/status\/1497666131561172997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Completely on Chris\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, one individual who has since been left understandably perplexed by what he evidently feels was nothing short of robbery on the part of those in charge of proceedings on Saturday evening comes in the form of Frank Lampard.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media post-match, Lampard was drawn on the call which ultimately cost Everton a potential share of the spoils versus Man City.<\/p>\n<p>And the Toffees boss made use of the opportunity to embark on an altogether remarkable rant, going as far as to suggest that Chris Kavanagh, the man in charge of VAR at Goodison, \u2018can\u2019t do his job right\u2019:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision is incredible. It\u2019s an incredible decision. It loses us the opportunity to get what we deserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s VAR\u2019s call, it\u2019s Chris Kavanagh. It\u2019s completely on Chris. I\u2019ve spoken to the officials on the day and they know it\u2019s a penalty. So my question is whether it was offside in the build-up, it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s Chris Kavanagh. The referee couldn\u2019t see it on the pitch, he was on the other side. That\u2019s fine and one of the reasons we\u2019ve got VAR, to have those secondary eyes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1656703\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1656703\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1656703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018It\u2019s completely on Chris Kavanagh\u2019: Everton boss Lampard in remarkable post-Man City rant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368780704-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1656703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND \u2013 FEBRUARY 05: Frank Lampard, Manager of Everton applauds fans prior to the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Everton and Brentford at Goodison Park on February 05, 2022 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t even need more than five seconds to see that was a penalty. Everybody saw it. He either should have told the referee to give it, or go and look to be clear. I can\u2019t understand why he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost a point potentially while we\u2019re fighting for our life by a professional who can\u2019t do his job right. And that\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll wait until the statement or the apology or whatever they do when they give a statement about things that were wrong, but it will mean nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s Lampard\u2019s stunning attack on VAR in his press conference to the written media in full<\/p>\n<p>I suspect he might get a call to \u201cexplain his comments\u201d\u2026but he\u2019s slot on really<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SejEywnRjG\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/SejEywnRjG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Jones (@Adam_Jones94) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adam_Jones94\/status\/1497677639867412489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/how-evertons-fans-took-aim-at-raheem-sterling-after-substitution-at-goodison-park\/\">How Everton\u2019s fans took aim at Raheem Sterling after substitution at Goodison Park<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/revealed-what-abramovichs-statement-means-for-chelsea-ownership-and-potential-sale-of-club\/\">Revealed: What Abramovich\u2019s statement means for Chelsea ownership and potential sale of club<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Everton boss Frank Lampard was not at all shy in making his feelings regarding the standard of officiating clear, on the back of his side\u2019s defeat to Manchester City this evening. The subject of officiating, and in particular VAR, has unfortunately taken its place front and centre in the English football headlines once more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}