Everton has received an apology after a handball by Man City.

Neither referee Paul Tierney nor video assistant referee Chris Kavanagh deemed it was worthy of a spot-kick despite complaints from fans and Everton boss Frank Lampard.

Everton has received an apology after a handball by Man City.

Everton has received an apology from Mike Riley, the chairman of the professional referee's organization after they were rejected a penalty in Saturday's 1-0 loss to Manchester City.

The Toffees filed a complaint with the Premier League after Manchester City player Rodri seemed to use his arm to control the ball.

Neither referee Paul Tierney nor video assistant referee Chris Kavanagh deemed it was worthy of a spot-kick despite complaints from fans and Everton boss Frank Lampard.

Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) boss Riley called both Lampard and Everton chairman Bill Kenwright on Monday to apologize for the incident, which might prove expensive to the club's ambition to stay in the Premier League.

Everton sits 17th in the Premier League table, one spot, and one point ahead of Burnley, who hosts Leicester on Tuesday (19:45 GMT).

That match will be officiated by Kavanagh.

"Because of a professional who can't do his job properly, we've lost a point. It's so inept to make a mistake "Following the game at Goodison Park, Lampard stated.