Tottenham's James Maddison has mentioned referees and video assistant referees have had an “absolute shocker of a begin” to the Premier League season.
Maddison, who's out with an anterior cruciate ligament harm, posted his criticism on X after Cristian Romero's objective in Spurs' 3-0 win in opposition to West Ham was dominated out.
The Tottenham captain thought he had opened the scoring at London Stadium on Saturday earlier than referee Jarred Gillett blew his whistle for an obvious foul on Kyle Walker-Peters by Micky van de Ven simply beforehand.
VAR John Brooks briefly checked the incident earlier than upholding Gillett's determination.
“The referee's name of no objective was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that Van de Ven pushed Walker-Peters within the again and impacted his potential to play the ball,” the Premier League Match Centre posted on X moments later.
Replays appeared to indicate that West Ham's goalkeeper Mads Hermansen had pushed Mateus Fernandes into the again of Van de Ven, who was then compelled into Walker-Peters.
In response to the choice, Maddison mentioned: “Truthfully the referees and VAR have had an absolute shocker of a begin to the season.
“If that objective is disallowed for a foul you'll by no means ever see a nook be taken with out [the] referee blowing for one thing ever once more.”
Former Wales centre-back Ashley Williams agreed with Maddison, saying Romero's objective ought to have stood.
“West Ham's goalkeeper pushes his personal participant into Micky Van der Ven, who then collides with Kyle Walker-Peters however the Tottenham participant did not provoke that contact. We have watched it again quite a few instances and you may see he would not push Walker-Peters over.”” Williams mentioned.
“The referee's given the choice on the sector and due to that, VAR is reluctant to intervene however that is what they're there for. We might wish to see extra objectives given and it is the unsuitable determination, which is irritating.”
Thankfully for Thomas Frank, objectives from Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Van de Ven ensured Spurs beat 10-man West Ham.
