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Hammers seek VAR explanation

West Ham will ask the Premier League to explain why Maxwel Cornet’s last-minute equaliser against Chelsea was ruled out by VAR.

The summer signing from Burnley thought he had made it 2-2 at Stamford Bridge, when he pounced to finish after Edouard Mendy failed to claim the ball at Jarrod Bowen’s feet.

The referee and VAR conspired to rule the goal out, adjudging Bowen to have fouled Mendy before the ball spilled to Cornet.

David Moyes was fuming at the decision after the game, insisting that it was a “scandalous” call.

The Hammers had already scheduled a meeting with the Premier League, per The Athletic, and will ask for an explanation as to why the VAR intervened and instructed Andy Madley to reassess the on-field decision, which was to give the goal.

It remains to be seen if anything will come of it, but one has to feel that an apology is likely from the PGMOL.

 

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4 comments on “Hammers seek VAR explanation

  1. There were 2 keeper incidents in the second half. The first when Broja clattered into Fabianski who had the ball after Zuma had left it for Fab. Decision no foul. The second the one we are all talking about where Mendy didn’t even have the ball under control when Bowen ‘caught’ the keepers elbow. Decision foul………Why? Double standards again!!

  2. VAR was meant to be a clear and totally transparent system without flaws when it was hurriedly installed.
    Turns out to be a system with inbuilt flaws, without real-time redress, challenge or EXPLANATIONS given. At work, most of us can be challenged, held to account and have to explain our actions. Apologies after repeated errors are for me pointless, especially when these errors mainly affect the clubs that challenge the order of things.
    This is probably why the powers that be have been so quiet during this storm, by trying to ride this one out.

  3. I don’t understand why the PGMOL are not held accountable for the decisions they make. What infuriates people is not just the mistakes that can ruin weekends and jeopardise seasons, but the sheer lack of explanation or acknowledgement of them.

    Referees exist to serve the game, not rule it. Make them accountable for their decisions.

  4. This is the second massive mistake by VAR that has cost us at least 2 points and 2 goals (possibly 6 points when you consider what goals do to momentum within the context of a game) and will (not could) have giant repercussions for the rest of our season.
    These lost points could easily make the difference in possibly loosing top players at the end of the season.
    In the old days we used to say bad decisions balanced out of the course of the season but BAD VAR DECISIONS are different,they smack of incompetence, poor judgement and lack of backbone and should not happen, period.
    I do not think there’s a conscious top 6 bias but it certainly seems as though there’s an unconscious one that causes officials to take the side of the ‘elite’ team when trying to adjudicate on ‘difficult’ decisions.
    The FA/premier league really need to get across this before people start to question the integrity of the game and, like F1 because of the cataclysmic end to last season, fans start to walk away…COYI ⚒️

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