Why was Dewsbury-Hall booked in Merseyside derby?

After Everton teammate Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was booked for kicking a quick free-kick in their 2-1 Merseyside derby defeat by Liverpool, Jack Grealish has criticized referee Darren England.

After his midfield partner was shown a card for taking the set-piece before the referee was ready, Grealish said he had “never seen that in my life.”

Manager David Moyes added that he found “some of the decisions to be incredibly strange.”

Curtis Jones fouled Grealish in the 78th minute, and he remained unconscious the entire time. Dewsbury-Hall took the free kick twenty-nine seconds later.

The referee had not blown his whistle when the set-piece was taken, and he had not been facing it. The Everton player was then proceeded to book him.

There is no law that forbids taking a quick free kick from the International Football Association Board (Ifab), which determines the game’s laws.

However, Ifab’s law 12.4 allows a player to be found guilty of disobeying the rules by word or action, or even for engaging in offensive behavior, such as disrespecting the game.

England could decide that Dewsbury-Hall’s set-piece couldn’t be played without his first consent because Grealish’s injury had prevented the game from being stopped.

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