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The Premier League have explained the reasopns behind Samuel Barrot's decision to NOT send off James Tarkowski for a dangerous challenge on Alexis Mac Allister during the first half of Wednesday night's Merseyside derby.

The Everton defender went flying into a tackle on Mac Allister just outside his penalty area.

The Liverpool star was left writhing in pain as VAR reviewed the incident to determine whether or not Tarkowski's challenge met the threshold for serious foul play.

A social media post on the Premier League's Match Centre account was released a few minutes later, explaining: "The referee’s call of yellow card for a reckless foul by Tarkowski was checked by the VAR, with contact on the follow through after Tarkowski had played the ball deemed to be reckless."

While Tarkowski's challenge was judged to be reckless by VAR, not everybody agreed with that call.

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville, commentating on the game, branded the tackle 'horrible', saying: "It is a horrible tackle.

It is a horrible challenge.

"It is a red card all day."

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock also condemned the challenge on BBC Radio 5 Live, saying Tarkowski was 'out of control'.

He raged: "This challenge is nasty from James Tarkowski.

I think it is so dangerous
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