Jack Grealish fumes at two refereeing decisions in Everton derby defeat - 'I've never seen'

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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 don't know where that rule has come in.

"And even stoppage time, what was it three minutes [in the second half] and one minute [in the first].

I'be 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.

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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.