While West Ham's complaints against the decision to rule out an equalising goal against Arsenal are unlikely to gain much traction, it appears clear and obvious that English football has a difficult decision to make about how to get a grip on penalty-area grappling.
Relegation-battling West Ham had a stoppage-time equaliser from Callum Wilson ruled out for a foul by Pablo on Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya, but the check took more than four minutes as VAR Darren England watched several replays before sending referee Chris Kavanagh to the screen.
The decision to disallow West Ham's 95th-minute goal has been described as the biggest in the history of VAR in the Premier League.
It may also have sparked the most contentious and complicated decision in the league's history.
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