Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has blasted VAR after his side were denied a penalty moments before Manchester United scored the opener during their Premier League clash.
The home side felt as though they should have been awarded a penalty after Wilfried Zaha was brought to the floor by Victor Lindelof.
Stockley Park did look at the incident but decided that it was not worthy of stopping play to award a penalty.
Crystal Palace suffered a bigger blow just minutes later when Marcus Rashford spun the home side’s defence and placed the ball into the net.
Parish has tweeted: ‘Is the VAR broken? Serious question.
‘How can they look at Sakho ‘handball’ for minutes to ‘make their mind up’ and not even give that a glance! It’s a stonewall nailed on penalty even the most one-eyed Man U fans know it.’
Parish’s comments regarding Sakho are in relation to his goal which was disallowed during their 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa.
The goal was ruled out for handball, though the ball appeared to go in off Sakho’s shoulder.
During their half-time coverage BT Sport pundits including Rio Ferdinand as well as ex-referee Peter Walton agreed that Palace should have been awarded a penalty.
Ferdinand said the connection Lindelof made with Zaha was enough for Crystal Palace to ask questions.
He said: ‘I think it’s a penalty. Wilfried’s a very tricky customer in that area – one of the most fouled players in the league.
‘There’s connection with his foot. There is connection with the ball, I must add, and that’s where VAR probably took it from.
‘But, if I’m a Palace player, I’m sitting asking questions, like why have we not got a penalty there? I’d say that is. I’m an honest guy.’
Owen Hargreaves who also provided punditry said: ‘It is a clear and obvious foul, and they wouldn’t have overturned it if the referee had given it on the field.
‘Zaha does a step-over while Lindelof goes for the ball. They come together at the same time. I think it’s clear and obvious. I don’t know how they missed it. If it isn’t clear, go to the monitor.’
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