Barry double lifts Everton past Coventry as Lampard disputes key decisions

Everton recovered from a goal down to beat Coventry City 3-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Friday, with Thierno Barry scoring twice and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall adding a late third. BBC Sport reported that the victory moved David Moyes' team into fifth place in the Premier League and gave them consecutive league wins.

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Yann Gboho had put Coventry ahead after the interval before Barry's two goals in five minutes turned the contest around. The striker reached 10 goals in all competitions this season, already improving on his total of eight last term. Dewsbury-Hall then completed the scoring to secure the points for the home side.

The midfielder's goal came hours after he missed out on Thomas Tuchel's England squad for this month's Nations League fixtures. According to BBC Sport's account of his post-match interview with Sky Sports, Dewsbury-Hall acknowledged his disappointment but said he remained determined to earn international recognition. Tuchel had said earlier on Friday that the Everton player had been close to selection.

Coventry manager Frank Lampard's reaction centred on disputed decisions, with his team left 16th. In a separate report, BBC Sport said he believed James Tarkowski's first-half hair pull on Caleb Yirenkyi warranted a penalty. Referee Stuart Attwell rejected Coventry's appeal. Lampard distinguished between whether the incident merited a sending-off and whether it constituted a foul, arguing that a penalty should have been awarded.

Lampard also challenged the handling of an incident involving Taiwo Awoniyi and Vitalii Mykolenko before Coventry scored. He thought his side should have received a penalty, although the BBC reported that replays placed the contact outside the area. The Coventry manager additionally argued that Barry handled the ball before Everton's second goal. Video assistant referee Timothy Wood ruled that there was no handball offence.

Moyes rejected the suggestion that Barry had handled, while also calling for the hair-pulling rule to be addressed. The managers therefore differed over the second goal, but the decisions stood and Everton took all three points. Lampard said the disputed incidents could have changed the game, without claiming that every appeal necessarily should have gone Coventry's way.