Fans are all making the same point after Everton denied last minute penalty against Man United
Andy Madley pointed to the spot before changing his decision after watching the incident on the VAR monitor.
Fans have all made the same point after Everton had a controversial last-gap penalty overturned against Manchester United.
Everton were 2-0 up and flying in the first half courtesy of goals from Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure but United pulled level courtesy of fine strikes from Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte.
In a frenetic finale, Andy Madley pointed to the spot for a last-minute Everton penalty after Ashley Young appeared to be fouled on the rebound when Andre Onana spilled Idrissa Gueye’s effort.
Young looked like he was pulled back by both Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire but in a lengthy delay, the referee was encouraged to watch the incident on the VAR monitor.
After watching the screen, Madley then changed his mind to completely reverse his decision and cancel the penalty – much to the frustration of Everton players and fans alike.
Penalties are overturned in the case of a clear and obvious but many fans on X were adamant that the wrong decision was reached and claimed that the correct angles were not shown.
One said: “Penalty all day. 2 United defenders pull him down in the box. VAR showing the ref the wrong angles to get it taken away.”
A second said: “The VAR got this wrong! That was a clear penalty. Why didn’t they show the referee different angles?”
A third fumed: WTF is wrong with VAR. Those guys are just confused fools with technology. How can you have access to all those angles and still recommend the ref to the screen and show him just 1 angle where the foul wasn’t clear. Everton have been wronged big time.”
A fourth added: “That was disgusting from VAR not showing all the angles for what should have been a penalty for Young.”
