Gary Lineker reacts as Micah Richards threatened to ‘walk out’ after Haaland goal for Man City vs Chelsea

Micah Richards was preparing to launch a scathing rant on "insecure" VAR after Erling Haaland's second goal in Manchester City's 4-4 Premier League draw with Chelsea.

The Norwegian opened the scoring from the penalty spot before diverting the ball into the net from point-blank range for his seond goal. The ball was already heading into the net and VAR was checking for the smallest of touches from Haaland, who was falling backwards as he got a decisive clip on the ball.

"Did you see VAR was looking at the incident of where it touched him?," Richards asked Gary Lineker on the Rest is Football podcast. "When he was lifting his arm up as the ball crossed the line, they were still looking at it after the game. That’s how insecure they are."

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Lineker replied: "I mean, why? If the ball had hit his elbow as he slid across the line, so what?"

"If they had disallowed that, I would have been gone, I would have walked out," Richards admitted. "My head was going to go."

Alan Shearer, who is a regular on the podcast, added: "That’s what we said in the Match of the Day studio. If they disallow this goal and I am f****** done with it. Three people said that in the office when we were watching that - he (Haaland) actually crossed the line before the ball."

City and Chelsea played out one of the games of the season with Cole Palmer scoring a late equaliser after making the move from Manchester to London in the summer. Not even VAR could change the narrative on a Premier League classic.