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title: "Everton: Podcaster fumes at ‘absurd’ Jordan Ayew incident"
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published: "2022-10-22T16:20:04Z"
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# Everton: Podcaster fumes at ‘absurd’ Jordan Ayew incident

**[Everton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/) podcaster and football scout Ryan Williams was left fuming over an incident involving Jordan Ayew in the Toffees’ 3-0 win at home to Crystal Palace.**

### The Lowdown: Three points

Frank Lampard’s team earned themselves an emphatic three points at Goodison Park this afternoon thanks to goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anthony Gordon and Dwight McNeil.

It lifts them up to [11th](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) in the Premier League table, and they can now start to look up instead of down, having [ended a run](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-everton/spielplan/verein/29/saison_id/2022) of three straight defeats.

### The Latest: ‘Absurd’ incident

Despite the win, Williams [took to Twitter](https://twitter.com/RyanSoccerAA/status/1583839486697672705) fuming over the decision from referee Simon Hooper not to give Ayew a yellow card in the second half, despite his persistent fouling, even going as far as to call it ‘absurd’.

The podcaster raged: *“This is absurd. The refereeing is just completely one-sided at this point. Ayew with another aggressive play that was a foul, no call, no card, and then a foul on DCL.”*

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### The Verdict: Result most important

Although Everton can feel aggrieved by some of the decisions which went against them, the result is the most important thing.

That said, The Athletic reporter [Patrick Boyland](https://twitter.com/Paddy_Boyland/status/1583835264463433728) was also critical of Hooper’s refereeing performance and called Ayew a ‘repeat offender’.

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Palace picked up [four](https://www.sofascore.com/crystal-palace-everton/hY) bookings in total, including three in the 68th minute, showing how overly aggressive they were at times in the second half, but that should be a compliment to how well the hosts were playing that their opponents felt they had to resort to such heavy-handed play.

Nonetheless, Lampard will not worry too much about the standard of officiating today as his side got an emphatic win in front of their home supporters.