Leeds returned to the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Everton but the match was dominated by controversy over the late penalty that settled it.<\/p>\n
Referee Chris Kavanagh pointed to the spot when James Tarkowski blocked Anton Stach\u2019s strike with his arm. Lukas Nmecha converted to hand Leeds victory<\/strong><\/a>, with Everton furious as VAR upheld the call.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really disappointed and unless you cut the boys hand off, I don\u2019t know where he goes,\u201d David Moyes said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s a really poor decision. VAR had a chance to undo it. They tried to say he was leaning to the ball. Surely you\u2019re allowed to lean with your hands by your sides!\u201d<\/p>\n Tarkowski also hit out. \u201cThat\u2019s not a penalty. As soon as the referee gave it I was pretty confident about it being overturned. My first question to him was, if my arm is by my side, which it was, is it a penalty? To which he said no.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then it\u2019s since been that I leaned into the ball. There\u2019s nothing unnatural about my arm being by my side. I can\u2019t understand it really.\u201d<\/p>\n Gary Neville<\/strong> <\/a>took a different view. \u201cThe guilt was written all over Tarkowski\u2019s face. He knows it is a penalty. Tarkowski moved his arm towards the ball.<\/p>\n \u201cHe leans into it and he blocks it. It is a penalty, and he knows what he has done. He knows it is a penalty. He knows that he has made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE LEEDS COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Jamie Carragher<\/strong><\/a> agreed. \u201cI think it is. I think he [Tarkowski] knows what he is doing. It is something I would do. Has he lost his bearings? It is a split-second decision. I think it is definitely a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n On BBC Radio 5 Live, Chris Sutton was scathing. \u201cThat\u2019s not a penalty,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s absolutely not a penalty. Who knows what the directive is, but his arm is down by his side. That\u2019s a scandal, I think. That\u2019s never a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n Leeds boss Daniel Farke, amid calling for more firepower<\/a><\/strong>, backed the officials. \u201cDuring the game, I got the feeling it was a penalty,\u201d he told BBC Sport<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere was an emotional influence by the roar of the home crowd. I was a bit worried the check was so long, but if the check takes that long then surely you can\u2019t overturn it.\u201d<\/p>\n The split verdict leaves handball law under the spotlight once again, with even the opening weekend unable to avoid controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds returned to the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Everton but the match was dominated by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,1785,393,11817,163,4884,225,1860,2922,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-357285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-david-moyes","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-everton","13":"tag-front-page","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-home-page","16":"tag-leeds","17":"tag-leeds-united","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-premier-league","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115056531405011869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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