"I think it was a really poor decision to send him to the screen in the first place. [Marc] Cucurella got his hair pulled [by João Neves in the Club World Cup final] -- violent conduct, a deliberate action, no problem with that. "But this was in the game, on a ball coming up and unless you have played the game you might not understand."
"I have been a centre-half and there is no way I am jumping to out-jump a big centre-forward and think: 'By the way I am going to out-jump him and at the same time I am going to pull his hair.' "I don't know anyone on the planet who is good enough to think that way when they are jumping up. I thought it was a ridiculous decision by the referee, but more by VAR. I thought the ridiculous bit came from VAR."
Michael Keane scored for Everton and was shown a red card in the 83rd minute for tugging the hair of Wolves striker Tolu Arokodare in an aerial challenge. Jack Grealish was dismissed shortly after for dissent following two yellow cards. Everton conceded a late equaliser by 18-year-old Matheus Mane, leaving the match 1-1 and costing Everton a chance to move nearer fourth place. Manager David Moyes described the Keane sending-off as not violent, not forceful and not deliberate, criticised the decision to refer to VAR, and compared it unfavourably to a separate deliberate hair-pulling incident.
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