Frank Lampard fined £30,000 by FA for penalty comments at Liverpool

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Everton manager furious Gordon did not get penalty at Anfield‘Mo Salah at the other end, he gets a penalty,’ Lampard claimedFrank Lampard has been fined £30,000 by the Football Association for comments after his Everton side’s defeat in the Merseyside derby in April. The manager claimed Liverpool would have been awarded apenalty had Mohamed Salah gone down like Anthony Gordon did in a challenge that the referee, Stuart Attwell, did not penalise.Gordon, who had been booked for diving in the first half, fell after apparent contact from Joël Matip, but Attwell neither awarded a penalty nor issued a second yellow card. Lampard denied an FA charge which implied “bias and/or attacked the integrity of the match referee” but it was upheld in an independent hearing. Continue reading...

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