Everton were the subject of a controversial decision in their last Premier League outing against Newcastle, and a decision has since been made on referee Craig Pawson.
Sean Dyche won’t have been pleased with the decision of Craig Pawson last time out against Newcastle, as the awarding of what Everton felt should’ve been a penalty could’ve helped secure all three points.
VAR came out with the recording and you could hear why they decided not to give Dominic Calvert-Lewin a penalty, but it didn’t really change the opinions of Everton fans.
However, VAR failed to mention the fact that the ball wasn’t touched by Dan Burn in the incident, which raised a few eyebrows on social media.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin even came out after the game and couldn’t believe it wasn’t a penalty
Interestingly, it looks as if the Premier League have taken the controversies into their decision making over Craig Pawson for matchday eight.
Craig Pawson is one of the more recognised referees, but he’s not always had the best of histories with Everton.
Interestingly, Neil Warnock famously said that Pawson had an agenda against Everton, and fans are starting to believe it.
Plus, he missed a blatant second yellow card for Ibrahima Konate during the Merseyside derby last season.
Now, the Premier League have made their announcements for matchday eight of the Premier League, and there’s one absence.
Craig Pawson hasn’t been selected to referee any of the matches, though he is the fourth official for Chelsea vs Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur vs West Ham.
Craig Pawson’s record with Everton
As mentioned above, Craig Pawson has quite the history with Everton.
The Toffees’ record under Pawson isn’t good. They’ve won just five of their 27 matches officiated by him, with seven games drawn and 15 losses.
Of course, you would hope that there is never any agenda from a referee against a certain club, and we don’t suggest there is one, but some of the decision-making has been questionable against Everton.
Let’s just hope that the potential three points Everton missed out on if they would have scored the penalty don’t come back to bite them if they’re in a relegation scrap at the end of the season.
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