'More harsh than inexplicable' - national media agree on Everton penalty after Man City defeat
Everton suffered a second consecutive Premier League defeat after Manchester City came from behind to win at Goodison Park.
The Blues opened the scoring through Jack Harrison after 29 minutes, but City turned the game on its head in the second-half. Phil Foden restored parity eight minutes after the restart, before Julian Alvarez and Bernardo Silva struck.
Alvarez scored from the penalty spot after Amadou Onana was judged to have handled Nathan Ake’s shot. Sean Dyche was not impressed by the call and believes the decision was open to debate.
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The result leaves the Blues just one point above the drop zone, and below is a look at how the national media and the ECHO reported on the game at Goodison.
'Sort of errors that the best teams feast upon'
Paul Joyce of The Times wrote: “The second of City’s strikes came via the penalty spot, from Álvarez, after Amadou Onana was contentiously adjudged to have handled Nathan Aké’s shot.
“Dyche labelled the decision to penalise the midfielder as “bizarre” and it is true that what constitutes handball seems to change from game to game. Yet Everton also served up the sort of errors that the best teams feast upon.
“Pickford appeared to have been taken by surprise by Phil Foden’s equaliser, before his more obvious error in the dying embers, but there was also a glaring chance spurned by Dominic Calvert-Lewin with the score at 2-1. The striker, who had replaced Beto, was picked out by Jack Harrison’s right-wing cross in the 75th minute but sent his effort wide from seven yards. Pressure had been exerted by Manuel Akanji, but it was the
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