🚨 Premier League forced to address Manchester United VAR controversy as Erik ten Hag hits out

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Manchester United lost to West Ham to heap more pressure on Erik ten Hag.

It looked like the Red Devils were going to earn a draw but Matthijs de Ligt was adjudged to have caught Danny Ings inside the penalty area.

Initially David Coote turned down the home side’s appeals but he was then convinced to change his mind when VAR’s Michael Oliver called him to the screen to reconsider.

And Via their affiliated Match Centre X account, the Premier League released the following statement: “The VAR deemed there was sufficient contact on Ings’ lower leg and recommended an on-field review.

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Following the game ten Hag slammed the decision and hit-out at the VAR process.

He said: “The referee overturned his original decision and awarded a penalty.”

“First of all, in football not always the best team win and today it was clear and obvious and clear and obvious was not how the VAR worked, how they run their process.

“Before the season they explained the process of the VAR and only when it is clear and obvious then they should interfere. What they didn’t do against Spurs, where they should have done it, to interfere with the red card of Bruno (Fernandes), that was a wrong decision and now they make a wrong decision interfering.

“Both had big impacts on the scores of the games. As I say, I don’t criticise any person but I criticise the process.

“The off-field VAR was Michael Oliver but the on-field, you have to make a decision in the final moment and he did I think three minutes to decide. But then you have to show big personality to recall this decision.

“I am not criticising any person, I criticise the process and of course there are people running the process. But it had a big impact on the score and the other impact is we didn’t score.”

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