It was quite the afternoon for Dele Alli against Everton.
He opened the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur with a well-taken goal just after the hour mark, sending a message to his critics in the process.
WATCH: Dele Alli Goal and Cheeky Celebration vs. Everton
But Dele nearly turned from hero to villain within minutes.
The England midfielder was the subject of a VAR review which took the officials at Stockley Park over three minutes to make a decision on.
A delay of that length surely determines that it was not a “clear and obvious” error, but the longer we waited, the more ominous it felt that Dele would be penalised for handball in his aerial duel with Yerry Mina.
Zoom ahead to 1.55 in the below video to make your own mind up…
What do you reckon? Dele’s hand was away from his body and clearly touches the ball – of that there is no dispute. But was he fouled by Mina?
It was just one of several controversial VAR incidents at Goodison Park as Everton snatched a 1-1 draw against 10-man Spurs deep into added time.