Why has Everton manager Frank Lampard been fined £30,000?
Frank Lampard questioned why Everton were not awarded a penalty during their clash with Liverpool in April.
The Football Association (FA) has fined Frank Lampard £30,000 after the Everton manager was charged with improper conduct.
Everton, who secured Premier League survival with a dramatic 3-2 win over Crystal Palace on May 19, lost 2-0 to their Merseyside rivals Liverpool at Anfield on April 24.
However, Lampard was left infuriated when referee Stuart Attwell failed to give a penalty after Joel Matip bundled into Anthony Gordon early in the second half when the game was goalless.
He said during a post-match news conference: “If that was [Mohamed] Salah at the other end, he gets a penalty. You don’t get them here. That’s the reality of football sometimes.”
The FA asked Lampard for an explanation of his comments and subsequently issued a charge of improper conduct by attacking the integrity of the referees.
Lampard responded to that claim but denied the charge, and for that he has now been fined.
A tweet from the FA Spokesperson account read: “An independent regulatory commission has fined Frank Lampard £30,000 after finding a charge against him for breaching FA Rule E3 in relation to media comments proven during a personal hearing.
“The Everton FC manager made the comments after their Premier League game against Liverpool FC on Sunday 24 April 2022, and he denied that they constitute improper conduct as they imply bias and/or attack the integrity of the match referee – or referees generally – and/or bringing the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3.1.”