After Saturday’s 0-0 Premier League match between the two teams, Everton manager Frank Lampard commented on Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk’s risky tackle on Amadou Onana.
Despite the fact that the Saturday afternoon Premier League clash ended scoreless, Lampard argued that Van Dijk ought to have received a red card for his contact with Onana.
In the second half of Everton’s game against Liverpool, Van Dijk caught Onana with a late, high challenge, but VAR declined to advise referee Anthony Taylor to review a replay after the Liverpool defender received a booking.
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At the post-game press conference, Lampard addressed the incident, saying: “I love Virgil van Dijk; he is a terrific player, but sometimes you mistime tackles, and they are horrible.
The referee simply had a job to do, and in my opinion, he and VAR got that one wrong. There had been discussion about bad tackles in derby matches beforehand.
“For me, that was a red card, and it altered how the final 20 minutes looked. Virgil definitely had luck on his side.
With four points from six games, Lampard’s team is now in 16th place overall in the Premier League.
Recall that The England international calmly controlled a long ball from Thiago Silva and put the ball between Lukasz Fabianski’s legs from a tight angle to score the equalizer.
A striker would have been pleased with the goal, and one was appropriately impressed while watching from the stands. Aubameyang was shown in the footage flicking his fingers and grinning gleefully.