James Tarkowski by some means prevented a pink card over his sort out on Alexis Mac Allister – regardless of the Premier League acknowledging it as ‘reckless’.
The Everton captain can depend himself fortunate he wasn’t given an early bathtub having in his facet’s 1-0 defeat having left the Liverpool midfielder in agony over his ‘leg-breaking’ problem.
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Within the eleventh minute at Anfield, the England worldwide slid in to cease Mac Allister from attending to the ball first outdoors of Everton’s field.
However in his observe by, the ex-Burnley man caught the 2022 World Cup winner excessive up on his leg.
Referee Sam Barrott immediately brandished him a yellow card as involved Liverpool gamers crowded round their stricken teammate.
However regardless of Paul Tierney on VAR responsibility having a look, he refused to ship the match official to the pitchside monitor for a second opinion.
Talking on Sky Sports activities commentary, a bewildered Gary Neville stated: “That is a possible leg breaker.”
Earlier than including: “You don’t want to observe by like with such power, and it is excessive. Very fortunate.”
In the meantime talkSPORT co-host Jamie O’Hara took to social media to submit: “Tarkowski is 100% a Pink card.
“I can’t consider VAR have let that go.”
And the Premier League had been fast in taking to X to launch an announcement as to why Tarkowski wasn’t proven a straight pink card.
The assertion learn: “The referee’s name of yellow card for a reckless foul by Tarkowski was checked by the VAR, with contact on the observe by after Tarkowski had performed the ball deemed to be reckless.”
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For Tarkowski, it is his 63rd reserving within the top-flight since making his Premier League debut throughout the 2016/17 season.
It’s the joint most quantity of yellow playing cards within the division with out ever been proven a pink card.
And for Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, he merely can’t perceive how Tarkowski did not decide up his first Premier League pink card.
The Sky pundit remarked: “By way of the referee, he’s in good place. He has to see that. It’s a surprising sort out and there ought to be no debate.
“It’s an terrible sort out. He is aware of what he’s doing. Tarkowski has acquired earlier as nicely, in opposition to Everton for Burnley.
“The referee ought to give it on the pitch, however for Paul Tierney to not give that on VAR is surprising.”
In the meantime Everton icon Duncan Ferguson stated in his half-time evaluation: “There is not any argument, it is a straight pink. We observed it instantly.
“How they haven’t given the choice… it is a straight pink. Completely.
“He is aware of what he’s doing, again in our day you may need gotten away with that, since you’ve tackled and acquired the ball.
“However he is aware of what he’s doing, he is come proper by him and that would have been a leg-breaker.
“That is a straight pink all day lengthy. Possibly it is the referee’s first [Merseyside] derby, who is aware of, perhaps he is a bit nervous giving the choice.
“He ought to have been taken to the monitor, he was in a fantastic place, he ought to have given the choice on the sector, nevertheless it’s a straight pink.”
Whereas Everton breathed a sigh of reduction after Tarkowski was allowed to stay on the pitch, they felt aggrieved over Diogo Jota’s eventual winner.
The Portuguese ahead scored the one aim of the sport within the 57th minute after jinxing previous two gamers earlier than firing previous Jordan Pickford.
However there are query marks as as to whether the aim ought to have been given as Luis Diaz, who equipped the help, was in an offside place prior Jota’s aim.
For Liverpool, their victory over their bitter rivals has taken them a step nearer to lifting a second Premier League title after rising their lead over Arsenal to 12 factors.
As for Everton, they continue to be in fifteenth spot after extending their winless run to 5 matches.