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Richard Garnett

BIZARRE: Pundit left baffled by everton penalty decision as peter walton claims optical illusion - You Need To See This

A decision to award Aston Villa a penalty against Everton on a Saturday left the BT Sport panel in disagreement over whether the call should have stood.

Referee Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot in the 63rd minute, when Idrissa Gueye was adjudged to have tripped John McGinn in the penalty area.

Villa's Ollie Watkins, who just moments earlier had been prevented from giving the visitors the lead when his header was brilliantly kept out by Jordan Pickford, converted from the spot, as Unai Emery's side went on to win 2-0, but there was disagreement in the television studio over whether the original on-field decision should have stood.

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