West Ham manager Rehanne Skinner fumes with offside call in 2-0 WSL defeat to Chelsea: 'I'm sick of it"

West Ham manager Rehanne Skinner was left fuming with a wrongly-disallowed goal in their 2-0 defeat to Chelsea.

With West Ham trailing after Aggie Beever-Jones' second-minute opener, West Ham thought they equalised in the first half when Riko Ueki tapped home from close range, but the assistant referee flagged the Hammers forward as offside.

Replays, however, showed she was clearly onside and with no VAR in the Women's Super League, the on-field decision stood.

Chelsea held on for a 2-0 London derby win as the Blues went back to the top of the WSL table with five games remaining.

Skinner fumed: "The bottom line is, if that's how I operated in my job, I wouldn't be in my job. It's a frequent occurrence. I'm so proud of my players. We created some massive moments in the game, good chances, and it's disappointing we haven't got the points for show for it.

"If VAR is the road we need to go down to get the results right then that's what we should be doing. Ultimately, referees aren't professional in this game so they're not in a position where they're solely focusing on these games. That's got to change. The game has got so much growing up to do - it's not right across the board.

"To be honest, it seems like at the time that we scored the goal which was more than a metre onside, obviously we go in in a completely different landscape. Last week there were two goals that were scored against us, neither of which should have stood which is another point, draw for us.

"In the Tottenham game [which West Ham lost 4-3], we get an apology after the game for a goal that should never have stood for offside. I'm getting a bit sick of it to be honest.

"We have had chances today and obviously we need to make sure we take those chances but just the