Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher analyses VAR controversy at West Ham and late drama at Man Utd

Former referee Dermot Gallagher dissects the flashpoints from the weekend's action including VAR controversy in the Premier League and late drama in the FA Cup.

INCIDENT: Let's start at the London Stadium and right at the end of West Ham's 1-1 draw against Aston Villa, where the hosts thought they had won the game through Tomas Soucek.

This decision took five minutes to check before the goal was ruled out for handball. Are you confident the right decision was eventually made?

DERMOT SAYS: "I think it would have been disallowed anyway and it could have gone on longer.

"When it happened, I heard the VAR say to the referee: 'Bear with me, this is going to take a long time'. He used the word 'complex'.

"If you go through the process, the first is - is it offside? That took time.

"Is it handball? Bear in mind, there are two different handball offences that have taken place here. If it goes in off Jarrod Bowen's hand, it's automatically disallowed because of what we saw with Michail Antonio earlier in the game.

"If it strikes Soucek's hand, it didn't result in a goal, it led to another player possibly scoring a goal. So it had to be a deliberate handball and they took a long time to find the angles.

"If they had decided it wasn't handball, they then would have defaulted to a foul on Ezri Konsa because I think Soucek grabs him and pulls him down.

"However you look at it, I think it's the right decision.

"If Bowen handles the ball, then it's factual that it's gone in off his hand. If it strikes Soucek or Soucek strikes the ball, it's subjective so the referee had to go to the screen, which elongates the process."

INCIDENT: West Ham had the ball in the net twice more. Firstly, when the whistle had already gone for a foul on Emi Martinez.

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