Coventry Morning Round-Up, Saturday 7th November 2026: Lampard Fumes at VAR as Everton Fight Back to Beat Sky Blues 3-1
Coventry City came away from the Hill Dickinson Stadium empty-handed after going down 3-1 to Everton in the Premier League on Friday evening (Sky Sports) (BBC Sport). Yann Gboho put the Sky Blues ahead with a clever flick (Sky Sports), but Everton hit back quickly through Thierno Barry, who levelled just five minutes later before adding a second inside four minutes to complete a swift turnaround (Sky Sports) (Sky Sports). Dewsbury-Hall then struck a superb effort to all but seal it for the Toffees, with Barry finishing the night with two goals and an assist in a 3-1 comeback win (Sky Sports) (Sky Sports). BBC Sport note the result moves Everton up to fifth in the Premier League table (BBC Sport).
It was a frustrating night for Coventry on the officiating front, with three VAR incidents going against Frank Lampard's side, including a penalty appeal for a Mykolenko foul that was ruled to be outside the box (Sky Sports) (Sky Sports) (Sky Sports). Pundit Jamie Redknapp was scathing about the officiating, branding it "rubbish" after two penalty shouts were waved away (Sky Sports). Lampard himself was left unhappy, pointing to three "big decisions" that went against his team, including a hair-pull incident he felt should have been given as a penalty (Sky Sports) (BBC Sport) (BBC Sport). Speaking afterwards, Lampard said he'd "seen an angle" on the incidents and suggested VAR hadn't done its job properly (CoventryLive) (Sky Sports). Everton boss David Moyes, meanwhile, admitted it wasn't a good performance from his side but was satisfied to have turned the game around for the win (BBC Sport).
CoventryLive's player ratings highlighted Gboho's bright attacking contribution, though a long-time Sky Blues favourite was overpowered on the night at Goodison's new home (CoventryLive).
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