West Ham to Challenge Disallowed Wilson Goal, Seeking VAR Audio After 1-0 Arsenal Defeat
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Updated · The Guardian · May 11
West Ham to Challenge Disallowed Wilson Goal, Seeking VAR Audio After 1-0 Arsenal Defeat
13 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 11
West Ham plan to complain to the PGMO after Callum Wilson’s equalizer was ruled out in a 1-0 loss to Arsenal, a decision that further damaged their Premier League survival hopes.
Chris Kavanagh disallowed the goal after VAR Darren England sent him to the monitor and David Raya was judged to have been fouled by Pablo Felipe at the set piece.
The club will seek clarity on why Pablo was penalized and are also expected to request the referee-VAR audio, though they accept the complaint is unlikely to change anything.
A 1-1 result would have left West Ham level on points with 17th-placed Tottenham, while the club argues similar grappling incidents at set pieces are not being judged consistently.
Former referees largely backed the decision, and Ifab is due to revisit how grappling at set plays should be handled in discussions starting this autumn.
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