Everton manager David Moyes has acknowledged for the first time that James Tarkowski should have been sent off in the Merseyside derby but says the subsequent online abuse towards the Blues captain and his family 'is not acceptable for anybody in any walk of life.'
Tarkowski's club issued a statement on Friday morning condemning what the player's wife described as vile and disgusting comments and threats aimed at her and the Blues defender.
He received only a yellow card after catching Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister with the follow-through on what has been described as a 'leg-breaker' challenge.