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Gary Neville delivers VAR verdict after controversial West Ham goal is disallowed against Chelsea

Gary Neville has insisted that West Ham shouldn't have seen their goal ruled out for offside by VAR.

The relegation-threatened Hammers thought they had grabbed the lead against Chelsea after Tomas Soucek turned home a corner.

However, VAR took its time and controversially ruled out the goal, although it's unclear whether the ball struck Michail Antonio in an offside position or whether he was deemed to have obstructed the goalkeeper's vision.

It was a decision that Neville disagreed with, especially given the length of time it took VAR to deliberate over the decision.

“I don’t like that one. Not for me, that one. I’m not against the introduction of technology in the game and I think I’m one, to be fair, who’s got a level of patience to know that it will get better and better," Neville said on co-commentary.

"But that for me, will never be right, the interference maybe. I don’t know. So close. Antonio on Kepa, I’m not sure that’s interference. I’m not sure he’s even offside.

"Usually we see a definitive line, don’t we, where we can see if it is actually offside. There are two things here - is he actually interfering?

"Then, the offside itself. We saw those lines appear, but we never saw the outcome. Sometimes when you’re commentating on these games with the small screen in front of us, you sometimes may not get it right.

"We may not be right, but it just doesn’t feel right. They’ve watched it that many times. Three and a half minutes to make a decision. If he got a touch, then no problem, then you could argue he is interfering. Without that touch, I’m not sure.”

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