Sean Dyche 'couldn't believe' what VAR did despite correct decision

Sean Dyche said the right decision was made when Alex Moreno's goal was disallowed but that the process took far longer than necessary

Sean Dyche 'couldn't believe' what VAR did during Everton match despite correct decision

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Sean Dyche said he still had concerns about the use of VAR even after technology helped Everton against Aston Villa.

The controversial process was used to disallow Alex Moreno’s long-range effort after officials spotted Leon Bailey was narrowly offside when in the build up to the shot. It gave Everton a welcome reprieve after weeks in which the club has been left angered by decisions influenced by VAR.

Lenglet was adjudged to have been narrowly in advance of Arnaut Danjuma as the shot was fired past Jordan Pickford. Speaking after the match, Aston Villa boss Unai Emery said he had no complaint with the decision, which prevented his side from taking a first half lead.

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Dyche said he maintained his belief VAR is a positive development but again raised concerns about its use.

On this occasion he pointed to the length of time required to make what he believed was a straightforward call. The game was halted for several minutes while the decision was reviewed, sparking fans of both teams to chant in unison against VAR.

Speaking after the match, Dyche said: “I couldn’t believe how long it took. It was a foul on Danjuma, don’t worry about the offside. He is coming off the post and the lad drags him to the floor, it is a foul. I know we talk about who is deciding what decision but the one that I talk about to the powers to be is that you can make all these rules but at the end of the day there should be an ‘override’ button that says ‘that is a foul, end of, so don’t even worry about the offside’.

"That way it cleans it up very quickly and we all get on with it and no-one is worried about it. That is all I would ask. Today it was the right outcome, thankfully… but I didn’t think it needed to take that amount of time.”

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