EPL: ‘Awoniyi decision was a penalty’ — Lampard blasts three VAR calls after Everton won

Author: dailypost.ngPublished on: November 7, 2026Country: United Kingdom
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EPL: ‘Awoniyi decision was a penalty’ — Lampard blasts three VAR calls after Everton won

Everton beat Coventry City 3-1 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Friday night after Yann Gboho put the visitors ahead. Thierno Barry scored twice in quick succession and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added another goal for the Toffees. Coventry manager Frank Lampard disputed three decisions: an apparent hair-pull by James Tarkowski on Caleb Yirenkyi, a Mykolenko challenge on Taiwo Awoniyi near the penalty-area line, and Barry’s second goal, which Lampard believes involved a handball. He criticized VAR for not overturning the decisions.

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