Everton are feeling damaged after the derby. The double standard on yellow cards has shown itself twice

Already in the first minute there were hints of chances on both sides, Saturday’s derby between Liverpool and Everton entertained literally from the first seconds. However, it was significantly affected by several decisions made by the head referee, especially in the awarding of yellow cards.

Just watch the match emotions of the Sean Dyche, James Tarkowski pair. The teacher and his favourite pupil have been going at it since their Burnley engagement. They were the ones most affected by Craig Pawson’s inconsistent statements.

What exactly was it? They were very negative about Ashley Young’s sending off after two yellows. Here, it has to be admitted that on both tackles, the head referee defended the yellow card. In the first, the experienced defender stopped a break, in the second he missed the ball.

However, there are two more moments to mention from the first half. Firstly, a meaningless yellow card for Tarkowski. He stopped a nascent chance, but still in Everton’s attacking half and in a situation where the Liverpool player had his back to goal.

Pawson’s decision was all the more absurd because he had let Kostas Tsimikas’ intervention go unnoticed a few minutes earlier. The latter, long after playing the ball to Jack Harrison, had made an unsporting tackle, in this case it was clearly deliberate and crude play from the replay.

Logically, the moment from the second half will be the biggest topic of discussion. Ibrahima Konaté snuffed out a nascent break, allowing the attacking player to go one-two. If not a blatant yellow, at least a more yellow tackle than Tarkowski’s in the first half.

Perhaps a similar tackle may not always be an outright yellow, but given the context of the game, it was a clear issue here. Even Jürgen Klopp understood this, who immediately replaced the French stopper with Joel Matip.

Liverpool’s pressure on the powerplay subsequently intensified, resulting in a clear penalty at the hands of Michael Keane. Mohamed Salah decided the derby and added a second after a break to make it 2-0.

Source: Premier League