Pep Guardiola praised his upset Manchester City players in the dressing room as they tried to make sense of their Premier League draw with Tottenham.
The reigning champions twice led Spurs and thought they had a third - only for Gabriel Jesus's late goal to be ruled out after VAR spotted it had brushed Aymeric Laporte's arm on the way through to the striker.
City are getting increasingly used to being frustrated by the technology; a goal at West Ham was ruled out last week after Raheem Sterling's shoulder was adjudged to be fractionally offside.
The players were upset after the game, but were reassured by their manager about the performance.
"The manager said we played well. We had enough chances and he has no doubts about us but it is what it is," said Aleks Zinchenko.
"They are the rules and the rules for everyone. Unfortunately, it is the second time in a row the VAR is not on our side but we have to accept that and be on top of it.
"Everyone was so upset. VAR has decided again and that made us upset.
"In this kind of situation you have to be all together as a team. The season is going to be so long. It is what it is. We've dropped two points today but nothing special happened. I'm pretty sure every team in the Premier League is going to drop some points as well."
