David Moyes watched one of his former Everton players reach the Carabao Cup final on Tuesday.
Mikel Arteta guided Arsenal to Wembley with a 4-2 aggregate win over Chelsea, securing a 1-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium in the second leg thanks to a goal from Kai Havertz in the 97th minute.
However, the scenes that followed after this goal will surely have left David Moyes and Everton fans puzzled.
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Arsenal somehow escape punishment for storming the pitch despite David Moyes booking
Moyes was booked last time out after Beto netted in the 97th minute at Brighton to snatch a 1-1 draw for Everton, having run onto the pitch to celebrate.
It was harsh of Chris Kavanagh – who miserably failed to understand the context of the situation – but for whatever reason, Peter Bankes opted to let the exact same offence go unpunished on Tuesday.
After Havertz rounded Robert Sanchez and was about to slot the ball into an empty net, footage captured by a fan shows that Riccardo Calafiori was already on the pitch before the German had even finished his chance.
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Several other substitutes also raced onto the field of play, but bizarrely, Bankes failed to brandish any yellow cards.
The Carabao Cup is a separate competition to the Premier League, and is governed by the English Football League (EFL) rather than the Football Association (FA) – but the same rules should apply throughout.
If we were Moyes, we would be straight on the phone to the EFL to ask why nobody at Arsenal was booked for doing exactly what the Everton boss did at Brighton, if not worse.
Everton hit by officiating inconsistencies twice in a week
Not only did Arsenal escape unpunished for a pitch invasion, but Everton fans also witnessed another injustice in London in the past week when Konstantinos Mavropanos appeared to slap Cole Palmer in the face as Chelsea beat West Ham 3-2 at Stamford Bridge.
Those in the VAR booth checked the incident and opted to clear it.
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However, it was hardly any different to the incident involving Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye at Old Trafford earlier this season, when the Senegal international was sent off for seemingly slapping the face of the England international after a mistake.
Moyes lost a key player for three games because of that decision, but the same offence at Chelsea – on an opponent this time no less – bizarrely went unpunished.
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