The FA has fined Everton manager Frank Lampard £30,000 for comments made in the aftermath of Everton’s 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the Merseyside derby.
Lampard was enraged by referee Stuart Attwell’s decision not to award Anthony Gordon a penalty, despite the fact that the youngster had already been booked for diving in the first half.
“It was a penalty, you don’t get them at Anfield,” Lampard raged in his post-match interview.
“If that was Mohamed Salah at the Kop end, I think [the referee] gives that. It was a foul on Anthony.”
Lampard was quickly charged by the FA with bringing the game into disrepute, and he has now been fined by an independent regulatory commission for his remarks.
“An independent Regulatory Commission has fined Frank Lampard £30,000 after finding a charge against him for breaching FA Rule E3 in relation to media comments proven during a personal hearing,” An FA spokesperson said in a statement.
“The Everton FC manager made the comments after their Premier League game against Liverpool FC on Sunday 24 April 2022.
“And he denied that they constitute improper conduct as they imply bias and/or attack the integrity of the match referee — or referees generally — and/or bring the game into disrepute.”
Everton, led by Lampard, would go on to put that defeat behind them by securing the necessary wins to stay in the Premier League.
