{"id":26127,"date":"2025-08-19T05:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/moyes-criticizes-refereeing-in-evertons-defeat-to-leeds-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:13:11","slug":"moyes-criticizes-refereeing-in-evertons-defeat-to-leeds-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/moyes-criticizes-refereeing-in-evertons-defeat-to-leeds-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Moyes criticizes refereeing in Everton&#8217;s defeat to Leeds, Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"Everton manager David Moyes expressed that his team&#8217;s performance did not deserve a point, but he did not think Leeds United should have been awarded the decisive penalty in the final match of the Premier League&#8217;s opening weekend. Moyes called the refereeing decision &#8220;poor&#8221; overall.\n\nEverton captain James Tarkowski appeared to lean into Leeds debutant Anton Stach&#8217;s deflected shot. Although his arms were by his sides, the ball struck his arm and referee Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s decision was confirmed by VAR.\n\nSubstitute Lukas Nmecha beat Jordan Pickford from the penalty spot, giving Leeds a 1-0 victory at Elland Road in their first Premier League match back after promotion from the Championship last season.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Obviously, I&#8217;m going to say it&#8217;s not a penalty and I don&#8217;t think it is.<\/p><cite>David Moyes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMoyes, visibly annoyed with the referee after the match, added that he thought the referees had had a poor weekend on the opening day.\n\nWhen asked about his team&#8217;s performance, Moyes added that they improved a bit in the second half, but he was not impressed by how they played.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0818%2Fr1533563_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Everton manager David Moyes reacts on the sidelines during his team&#039;s loss to Leeds.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Everton manager David Moyes reacts on the sidelines during his team&#8217;s loss to Leeds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nLeeds manager Daniel Farke said he almost took the ball from Nmecha, but was glad he didn&#8217;t after the summer signing kept his nerve to score the penalty in the 84th minute.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was a little worried. He&#8217;s on the list to take penalties, but as a substitute, he needed more touches and I was thinking about intervening and taking the ball away from him.<\/p><cite>Daniel Farke<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nNmecha, who fought with injuries in his last two seasons in the Bundesliga, has kept a low profile since becoming the first of Leeds&#8217; eight summer signings so far.\n\nFarke praised Nmecha, highlighting his value with the crucial goal.\n\nEverton will play the first Premier League match at their new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium against Brighton on August 24, while Leeds will travel to face Arsenal the day before.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton manager David Moyes expressed that his team&#8217;s performance did not deserve a point, but he did not think Leeds United should have been awarded the decisive penalty in the final match of the Premier League&#8217;s opening weekend. Moyes called the refereeing decision &#8220;poor&#8221; overall. 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