Sean Dyche Burnley
Sean Dyche has spoken to referee Stuart Attwell about Michael Keane’s disallowed goal but remains frustrated and confused by the decision. Keane slotted into an empty net after Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno spilled the ball onto James Tarkowski. It then bounced into Keane’s path. Attwell blew for a foul on Leno, a decision that sparked frustration around Goodison Park. That sentiment seeped into the Everton dugout and remained after the final whistle. The first-half drama came amid a period of dominance that Everton failed to exploit, missed opportunities eventually proving costly as Fulham snatched a 1-0 win. Dyche said he had sought an explanation from the referee over the controversy but was not content with a decision he believed should have received further scrutiny from VAR.
Sean Dyche said: “I am a big fan of VAR, I always have been. I get they are promoting the idea the referee’s decision is first and we then sort it but today’s one, that is where it [VAR] should step in, for me – that was my gut feeling in the moment. You can normally tell because their bench did not go mad, I think they thought that was probably a goal. I can’t really work it out. I have seen it back, Tarky does nothing really, minimal contact of any kind other than the keeper catching it above him and landing on him. I don’t know what he is meant to do. As a player, I have no clue what he is meant to do, so therefore, why it is given as a foul I just do not know. The ref said he gave the decision, I just offered him a view that that is why VAR is there, that is when it should step in. At the minimum it should be that the referee looks at the monitor. If you are sitting in the studio watching that I would be amazed – I will ask to see what they said – but I would be amazed if you are sitting there and did not think that was a fair challenge because he did not do anything to put the keeper off other than almost think he is going to get hit and cower away and bend over as if [thinking] ‘here he comes’. And he drops it. What do you do?”
