The reaction from the 4,000 Evertonians upon seeing the replay of Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s straight red on Selhurst Park's big screen said it all. Harsh in the extreme, as Sean Dyche admitted last night that VAR is testing his patience.
Calvert-Lewin was dismissed for the first time in his career via a 79th-minute visit to the monitor. Referee Chris Kavanagh had not awarded a free-kick in real time against the 26-year-old striker. There were no complaints from Crystal Palace’s players. Nor the crowd.
Replays showed how Calvert-Lewin glanced the shin of Nathaniel Clyne but in super slow-mo, it was made to look much worse than it was.