Jack Grealish was angered by referee Darren England in Everton’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield, where the Reds held on thanks to first half goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike
15:04, 20 Sep 2025Updated 15:37, 20 Sep 2025
Jack Grealish cut an angry figure at full-time(Image: TNT Sports)
Jack Grealish was left fuming with two refereeing decisions after Everton’s derby defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
A furious Grealish confronted referee Darren England at full-time after Liverpool’s 2-1 victory, with the Blues star given a yellow card after the final whistle.
Grealish later admitted he was stunned to see Blues team-mate Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall booked for taking a free-kick too quickly as his side chased the game, while he was also angry at referee England’s decision to allow just three added minutes at the end of the game.
“It was frustrating in the second half, and obviously they were trying to slow the game,” said Grealish. “I’ve never seen a player in my whole life get booked for taking a quick free-kick. I don’t know where that rule has come in.
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“And even stoppage time, what was it three minutes [in the second half] and one minute [in the first]? Like, come on. I’ve never seen that in the Premier League in the last two or three years.”
Grealish impressed as Everton recovered from going two goals down to strikes from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike, with Idrissa Gueye pulling one back for the Blues.
Speaking on his first derby experience, Grealish added: “It was what I expected, coming here it was hostile, faster. I don’t think we played well in the first-half, we came in a half-time and had a chat with the manager and then second half, we lost the game in the second half.
“It was frustrating because if we had played like that, pressed like that from the start it would have been a different game. In the end we couldn’t get that last goal.
“When I have watched them [Liverpool] this season they have been so good but there has been a few times they have gone 2-0 up and then conceded two, we had the belief. We got the one back, a great finish Idrissa [Gueye] but we couldn’t get that last goal.”