Everton were able to secure themselves a point on Saturday afternoon against Arsenal.
It was the visitors who took the lead into the break after Leandro Trossard fired into the far corner to beat Jordan Pickford.
However, whatever David Moyes said at half-time clearly worked as his side came out firing and levelled the score instantly.
On his full return, Iliman Ndiaye scored from the penalty spot.
It has been a week of controversial decisions as far as Everton are concerned after their Merseyside Derby during the week.
Mark Clattenburg believed Liverpool’s goal was offside and there was plenty of discussion around James Tarkowski’s incident.
The controversy has carried over into their game against Arsenal after their penalty award was checked by VAR.
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After not seeing Liverpool’s goal disallowed, Everton may feel there was some retribution in their penalty award against the Gunners.
Jack Harrison has been criticised this season, but he got the better of Myles Lewis-Skelly who then brought him down inside the box.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Mike Dean admitted he thought the decision was extremely soft, but also said he could see why it was given.
“There’s a bit of contact outside and there’s a little bit of contact inside,” he said.
“I think it’s a soft one. It’s probably not wrong, but it’s a soft one.”
Ndiaye returned from injury earlier this week in the Merseyside Derby, but he marked his return to the starting XI with a goal.
Given Everton have seen penalty decisions go against them in recent weeks, the Toffees will have no issue in accepting this one.
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“I don’t know why Lewis-Skelly doesn’t go to attack it… Harrison gets the wrong side of him,” Dawson added.
“I think this is awfully soft, but it’s gone to VAR… I can see why it was given in real time.
The tussling began outside of the box, but it can clearly be seen that Lewis-Skelly fell onto Harrison’s foot inside the box.
Ndiaye made absolutely no mistake from the spot and showed the fans exactly what they have been missing in his absence.
What would have been interesting to see is whether VAR would have told Darren England to visit the monitor if he had not given it on the pitch.
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