Frank Lampard has lambasted VAR operator Chris Kavanagh for denying Everton a penalty against Manchester City.
The visitors snatched victory in Saturday’s Goodison Park clash and were given a reprieve after Rodri appeared to handle the ball in his own area.
Referee Paul Tierney deemed that the midfielder had not committed an offence before Kavanagh backed him up in the Stockley Park control room.
And Lampard slammed the Manchester-based official’s decision to maintain the original decision which helped tip the balance for Pep Guardiola’s side.
He said: “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.
“Pep will know, Everton fans will know, Man City fans will know.
“It was the clearest penalty you could give: arm is out – great, below the sleeve – great, I was waiting for the penalty.
“Incompetence at best, at worst who knows?
“I’ll wait for the statement or apology they do when things are wrong but it will mean nothing.”