Everton manager David Moyes has said he believes Morgan Rogers should have been sent off for Chelsea on Saturday.
Chelsea beat Everton 2–0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium with two goals from Pedro Neto in the second half.
There were four yellow cards shown to Chelsea players inside the first 34 minutes but Moyes felt Rogers should have received a second of his own and been sent off before half time.
Rogers' first booking and the fifty-fifty challenge
Rogers was booked for running at James Tarkowski to complain about the defender's robust off-the-ball barge on Moises Caicedo.
Then Rogers engaged in a fierce fifty-fifty challenge with Everton midfielder James Garner. Both players felt the other had committed a foul.
Rogers was already on a yellow card but VAR checked and cleared the tackle and deemed it a fair challenge not worthy of awarding a foul on either side.
Moyes' reaction after the game
But after the game, Moyes said he felt Rogers should have been punished more harshly and sent off.
Moyes said: “We’ve got referees who we want to be the best in Europe, who think they’re the best in Europe because they let things go.
“I’ve had a wee look at the Morgan Rogers tackle on Jimmy [Garner], which some may have said something different [about]. And I think that might have made it a second yellow. But that wasn’t the case.”
Rogers' season at Chelsea
Rogers joined Chelsea from Aston Villa for £117million in the summer and has made a superb start to life with the Blues.
He has scored four goals in seven Premier League outings for Xabi Alonso’s side.
