Jarrod Bowen vents, Nuno Espirito Santo disheartened as West Ham equalizer taken away by VAR versus Arsenal
"If you're going to give decisions like that you have to give all the holding calls in the world," says West Ham star Jarrod Bowen after the Irons lost a late equalizer against Arsenal.
West Ham's London Stadium was a jubilant place when Callum Wilson snapped home a stoppage-time equalizer against Arsenal, but a long VAR review took the goal away and shook up the Premier League's title and relegation races. MORE — Recap, video highlights Wilson's goal was reviewed for several minutes before the referee was sent to the pitchside monitor for a deeper look. He eventually ruled a foul on David Raya and took the goal off of the scoreboard.
Correctly or not, West Ham and many others were confused and there was heaping helping of situational irony given Arsenal's physical attacking corner kicks had seemingly changed how fouls were awarded in the Premier League this season. Here are West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo and star Jarrod Bowen on that call and more. Nuno Espirito reaction after West Ham equalizer taken away by VAR versus Arsenal It was a heated tunnel after the game: "Due to the circumstances of the game, we were all upset of course.
" What did you think of apparent fouls on West Ham players in addition to the Raya incident? "I didn't pay attention to the replay just to not get more upset but look there's a referee, there's VAR, there's circumstances in the past that have been judged different so let's not go more further than that. " A crazy twist to the title and relegation races?
"That's what I said, due to the recent season, it's been happening and even the referees don't know what to call so it creates a lot of doubt and speculation. " Jarrod Bowen deeply upset by VAR denial of late West Ham goal vs Arsenal How does the ending feel? "A real blow.