Everton manager Frank Lampard claims Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk should have received a red card after challenging Amadou Onana | Football news
Everton manager Frank Lampard has claimed that Virgil van Dijk should have been sent off in Saturday’s goalless Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
Liverpool have touched the woodwork three times and Everton once but both sides have to settle for a point from a sometimes deadlock.
Van Dijk was cautioned by referee Anthony Taylor after a late tackle on Amadou Onana, riveted the midfielder’s leg.
When asked if he felt Van Dijk was on high with Onana, Lampard replied: “Absolutely. I’ve heard a lot of things this week suggesting my players wasted their time in the game. fighting at Leeds.
Amadou Onana was booked earlier in the derby
“There were some things said last season that were negative about my players and our decisions that ended up being wrong. I love Virgil van Dijk. As a player, he’s been fantastic, a couple of times. if you look at the moment when he connects to Amadou on his shin and Amadou’s foot is on the ground, I’m surprised it didn’t make it to VAR .
“The referee didn’t consider it and didn’t have the opportunity to make the right decision. For me it was a red card and of course that would change the game in the last 20 minutes or so.
“I just feel the referee was wrong.”
Van Dijk has been booked for this challenge on Onana
‘Pickford has shown why he’s England’s No 1’
Jordan Pickford saves in Everton’s draw with Liverpool
Tom Davies found outside the post for Everton midway through the first half before Jordan Pickford pushed a Darwin Nunez shot over the crossbar and Luis Diaz made a follow-up effort. Then in stoppage time, Pickford made a brilliant save to push Mo Salah’s shot up the post.
Conor Coady put the ball in the net in the 70th minute but when his goal was penalized by VAR for offside there were ugly scenes like a bottle seemingly being thrown, almost missing Jurgen Klopp , while another fan ran onto the pitch from the Gwladys Street End to confront referee Taylor.
But that day belonged to the goalkeepers, as both Pickford and Alisson Becker made excellent saves in the second half. Pickford made eight saves in this match, the most in a Premier League game he has not conceded.
Frank Lampard is proud of his team at Everton
Lampard was delighted with Pickford’s performance, adding: “He was absolutely brilliant – especially the first-half save from Darwin Nunez. We felt as comfortable as possible against Liverpool for to that point in the first half.
“He got his fingertips and then in the second half he made a string of world-class saves. He did it for us at the end of last season. He did. under surveillance because he’s England’s number one and I get that.
“But when you deliver like he did today, everyone understands why he is England’s number one and why we appreciate him so much here.”
Everton’s Conor Coady reacts after his goal is ruled offside
Everton have now failed to win any of the first six games of the Premier League season with only the third, as did in 1994/95 and 2010/11 – but the outlook is much more positive after their last, fourth draw. Contexture.
Lampard said: “I think it was a great game and a great performance. Full of intensity and quality. I am really proud of the players because Liverpool are a top team. They have players. From those moments where you feel like you’re doing really well, they can make you feel bad very quickly. I’m happy with that. I think it’s an excellent 0-0.
“We suffered in the early moments of the second half but we turned it around. For the second time in a week, we finished three points away. If we continue to perform at our level. like today, and getting better, I feel those victories will come.”
Klopp: If you can’t win, you mustn’t lose the derby
Jurgen Klopp accepts his team is not at its best
The result leaves Everton unable to win to start the Premier League season although they are probably happier with the result than Liverpool, who are yet to win a single win this campaign and have dropped nine points after the opening six games.
Liverpool’s score of 9 points from their first 6 Premier League games this season is the lowest at this stage under Jurgen Klopp, they have had less or less than their first 6 games in 2015/16 – 8 points under Brendan Rodgers.
Klopp said: “Rule number one: if you can’t win the derby, you can’t lose it. We could have won it today but we could also lose it for a few moments.
“If you count the chances that we had and the chances that they had, we could have been a well-deserved winner. We had a huge last chance so we could have won it. won but Ali had to make two incredible saves and they had a goal disallowed by a slight offside.
“It was intense, as always and we were ready to go after a super intense game on Wednesday [against Newcastle]. We tried to fight and in the second half it was a close game. We had to dig deep. “
Neal Maupay sees his shot saved by Alisson
Klopp confirmed that Fabio Carvalho maintained a hit on his four, contributing to the decision to bring on Roberto Firmino in the first half.
Klopp added: “We have to get through this period. “We have players coming back but they have to integrate again. We are looking at how we can become more dynamic.
“There is a stop integration that starts with Darwin [Nunez] when he was suspended and then we played all the time so there was no training session.
“It’s completely normal that he needs time to settle in. I know he’s going to score in these moments in the future. He’s out there today it’s intense. Bobby. [Firmino] came on and played really well for three games, but played three times in a row, that’s why we picked him in the first place.
“Everton is a different team than last year. They defended very well. I won’t look back to many derbies in the future because they are not usually good games. There was a big fight, we didn’t. ‘not always playing well but creating enough.
“In the end we couldn’t score but if you can’t win the derby you’re sure you won’t lose.”
What’s next?
Everton’s fixture list couldn’t be easier, with a trip to Arsenal on Sunday 11th September – starting at 2pm – next. The Toffees then faced West Ham at home on Sunday, September 18, with the game re-starting at 2pm.
Liverpool’s next game is on Wednesday, when they head to Italy to play Naples in their Champions League opener, which kicks off at 8pm.
Jurgen Klopp’s side then return to Premier League action on Saturday 10 September when wolf visit Anfield, with the game kicking off at 3pm.
