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Sean Dyche branded Craig Dawson\u2019s decision not to send Ibrahima Konate off in Everton\u2019s Merseyside derby defeat bizarre and incredible as he criticised the referee and called for VAR to be used to determine bookable offences. <\/p>\n
The Liverpool defender, who was on a booking, was spared a second yellow card for a foul on Everton substitute Beto \u2013 a decision which Dyche accused Pawson of rushing to and which he felt was stunning and almost impossible. <\/p>\n
Dyche claimed he had no idea why he was booked in Everton\u2019s 2-0 loss, which was sealed by a late brace from Mohamed Salah. <\/p>\n
He did not complain about the award of the penalty for the Egyptian\u2019s opener, for handball against Michael Keane, but questioned the first caution Ashley Young received for his first-half red card, though he admitted the second was correct. <\/p>\n
But Konate\u2019s reprieve, when the game was still goalless, bemused him. \u201cI have no clue,\u201d Dyche said. \u201cI have asked the referee and he said he didn\u2019t feel it was a bookable offence. I think people who were here today would be stunned it was not a second yellow.\u201d <\/p>\n
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp promptly replaced Konate and said afterwards that the Frenchman could have been sent off and that he understood Dyche\u2019s frustration. <\/p>\n
\u201cJurgen couldn\u2019t wait to get him off because he knows,\u201d the Everton manager said. \u201cFair play. I think that is an honest view. I don\u2019t want to bleat too much because we lost. I can\u2019t remember the last time I spoke this openly about referees but that one is incredible to me. And I got a yellow card, I don\u2019t know what for.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dyche was annoyed by Pawson\u2019s swift decision-making, explained: \u201cI have seen the footage back and within a second he is saying, \u2018No chance no chance.\u201d You aren\u2019t giving yourself thinking time. If you give yourself 10 seconds, you think, \u2018That has to be a yellow\u2019. That is just bizarre to me. How that is not a second yellow is nearly impossible in the modern game.\u201d <\/p>\n
Whereas Pawson was sent to the monitor to review the handball that led to the penalty, there is no scope for VAR to intervene for bookings but Dyche said: \u201cI think there is where VAR should step in. In a game of this magnitude, I think VAR should be there to correct it.\u201d <\/p>\n