FANS fumed “the inconsistency is insane” after Aston Villa were awarded a penalty this afternoon.
With Everton already 1-0 down via John McGinn‘s 18th minute effort, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford took out Ollie Watkins in the box.
AlamyOllie Watkins was taken out by Jordan Pickford[/caption]
Andre Onana got away with this challenge last weekRex
Referee Anthony Taylor wasted no time in pointing to the penalty spot.
Douglas Luiz calmly converted from 12 yards, with Leon Bailey and Jhon Duran going on to complete the 4-0 rout.
While few people disputed Villa’s penalty award, many raged at perceived inconsistencies following the decision not to award Wolves a spot kick against Manchester United last week.
Gary O’Neil’s side felt extremely hard done by when nothing was given, despite Sasa Kalajdzic being taken out by Andre Onana.
The Wolves boss fumed after the match: “I’ve spoken to Jon Moss and fair play to him, he apologised, said it was a blatant penalty and that it should have been given.
“It probably made me feel worse.
“When you know you were right about something it makes you feel worse about leaving a game with nothing.”
Fans pointed back to the Onana-Kalajdzic incident after Villa’s penalty award.
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One wrote: “The inconsistency in this league is insane…
“Onana did the same thing last week against wolves and that didn’t given but the Pickford one now does.
“Just be consistent lol.”
A second fumed: “Still some huge inconsistencies with VAR. You’d expect this sort of technology to be the solution, not the problem.”
And a third claimed: “It’s been given because of last week.”
Another added: “Both are penalties. All we need is consistency from those concerned.”
AlamyAnthony Taylor penalised Pickford[/caption]