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David Moyes has questioned the standard of Premier League officiating on the opening weekend of the new season after his side were at the centre of a controversial decision in their defeat against Leeds on Monday.<\/p>\n
Everton were beaten 1-0 at Elland Road courtesy of a late penalty from debutant Lukas Nmecha, after James Tarkowski had been adjudged to have handled inside the Everton penalty area. However, Moyes said he was disappointed not just with that decision, but with the overall standard across the first round of fixtures.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m obviously going to say it\u2019s not a penalty and I believe it\u2019s not a penalty,\u201d he said of the winning goal. \u201cI\u2019ve been to see the referee. The referee sort of took nothing to do with it, he thought it was to do with VAR, the decision they\u2019ve made. I don\u2019t know what else I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Moyes did not stop there in his criticism. \u201cI actually think the referees have had a poor weekend in the opening weekend,\u201d he said. \u201cI think there have been a lot of [poor] decisions and tonight\u2019s is another one. The rules are supposed to be that if you keep your hands down to your side and if anything he\u2019s tried to get it behind his back as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ball takes a deflection on the flight as well. You\u2019re allowed to block it and he\u2019s leaned towards the ball, we accept that. We saw one on Friday night [in Liverpool v Bournemouth] that wasn\u2019t given, which looked far clearer a handball than what it was tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moyes admitted Everton did not deserve anything from the game at Elland Road and said they will have to be patient with new signing Jack Grealish, who appeared only for the final 19 minutes on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
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