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The indignation and sense of outrage among Everton fans over their League Cup semi-final 'injustice' is quite hilarious.

We even had, this morning, Toffees-supporting radio loudmouth Mike Parry suggesting Raheem Sterling had a 'moral duty' to tell the referee that the ball was over the line before he crossed for Kevin de Bruyne to score the goal that levelled the aggregate score.

Now, we all know that Parry and Co are perpetual wind-up merchants, but surely there is a point where that strays into the realms of absurdity.

Where was the moral outrage in the first leg when Kevin Mirallas whipped Jesus Navas' leg from under him inside the area?

Where was the wailing and gnashing of Merseyside teeth in the league game a week later, when – in the same area of the penalty box as last night's gaffe – Sterling was chopped down like ripe barley by John Stones, without penalty?

And why no seething injustice at the swipe on Sergio Aguero that began the move from which Ross Barkley scored the opening goal last night?

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After Stones' blatant foul on Sterling in the league game, as clear a penalty as you will see, manager Roberto Martinez said that the City winger had 'invited contact'.

Presumably he meant in the same way Germany invited Poland in 1939, or Anne Boleyn invited the axe.

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Some Everton fans took to social media to vent their anger that the big clubs are getting the decisions again.

Which will come as news to those supporters who seem to spend most of their waking hours desperately trying to prove City are, in fact, a teeny-weeny club.

So, if the ref and linesmen had actually got the big calls right, City win the two-legged semi 4-2 rather than 4-3. And then there is the small matter of the two extra Premier League points they should have.

Do Everton fans have a point? Have your say below