David Moyes believes Everton are on the receiving end of refereeing inconsistency.
Last weekend’s narrow defeat to Arsenal saw Moyes’ side denied a penalty after Thierno Barry was caught by William Saliba as he attempted to clear the ball.
VAR ruled that there was not sufficient contact in the defender’s follow through on the Blues’ forward to warrant the awarding of a spot kick at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
However a similar incident saw Fulham awarded a decisive penalty which saw them edge out Nottingham Forest in their own Premier League encounter on Monday.
And Moyes feels that Everton have not had the benefit of doubt in such situations.
He said: “I was half-choking last night when I saw the decision given and ours wasn’t.
“It feels as though certain clubs get those decisions and other clubs don’t. We seem to be on the latter side of that.
“There was one earlier in the season at Brentford with [Virgil] van Dijk which was quite similar and I think eventually it was given.
“We’re disappointed it wasn’t given on the night and we are looking at others which have been.”
Everton have routinely received apologies from refereeing body Professional Match Game Officials Limited over contentious decision which were given against them.
But Moyes is equally concerned that referee Sam Barrott missed Jake O’Brien’s clear handball, which was only given after a VAR review, during Saturday’s first half.
“Surely the on-field referee didn’t need VAR to decide that Jake had his two hands up in the air? And that’s me going against my own team,” added the Scot.
“Why did he need to wait on VAR to make that decision? He had to go to the pitchside monitor. What was the linesman doing on the side?
“The linesman was behind it where he must have seen his arms going up, but he didn’t make the call. The point I’m making is that surely they should be making the call.
“Maybe he didn’t see Saliba kicking, but the consistency comes from those sort of actions – have you seen if he kicked through the back of someone’s leg or he gets there first?
“I don’t want to see soft penalty kicks. I’m not a believer of soft penalty kicks, maybe that was my thinking after the [Arsenal] game.
“But after what I saw last night, I’m saying: ‘Well, if that’s the way it’s going to be, why are we not getting the same decisions?’”