Everton manager David Moyes has said he believes Morgan Rogers should have been sent off for Chelsea on Saturday.

Chelsea beat Everton 2–0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium with two goals from Pedro Neto in the second half.

There were four yellow cards shown to Chelsea players inside the first 34 minutes but Moyes felt Rogers should have received a second of his own and been sent off before half time.

Rogers was booked for running at James Tarkowski to complain about the defenders robust off-the-ball barge on Moises Caicedo.

Then Rogers engaged in a fierce fifty-fifty challenge with Everton midfielder James Garner. Both players felt the other had committed a foul.

Paul Tierney brandished seven yellow cards during Everton vs Chelsea, but David Moyes feels he might have shown Morgan Rogers one more

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Morgan Rogers and James Garner both required treatment after a crunching fifty-fifty

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Rogers was already on a yellow card but VAR checked and cleared the tackle and deemed it a fair challenge not worthy of awarding a foul on either side.

But after the game, Moyes said he felt Rogers should have been punished more harshly and sent off.

Moyes said: “We’ve got referees who we want to be the best in Europe, who think they’re the best in Europe because they let things go.

“I’ve had a wee look at the Morgan Rogers tackle on Jimmy [Garner], which some may have said something different [about]. And I think that might have made it a second yellow. But that wasn’t the case.”

Rogers joined Chelsea from Aston Villa for £117million in the summer and has made a superb start to life with the Blues.

He has scored four goals in seven Premier League outings for Xabi Alonso’s side.