Premier League forced to address Man United VAR controversy as Erik ten Hag hits out

Manchester United were left seething on Sunday after they lost a point thanks to a VAR decision against West Ham at the London Stadium.

United were on track to a frustrating 1-1 draw when Matthijs de Ligt caught Danny Ings inside the penalty area. Initially David Coote rejected the home side's appeals but was convinced to change his mind when VAR's Michael Oliver called him to the screen to reconsider.

Jarrod Bowen scored the resulting spot-kick in stoppage time to win the game for the Iron and condemn United to their fourth defeat in nine Premier League outings. MEN Sport has rounded up all the aftermath following the controversy below.

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Via their affiliated Match Centre X account, the Premier League released the following statement: "The VAR deemed there was sufficient contact on Ings’ lower leg and recommended an on-field review.

"The referee overturned his original decision and awarded a penalty."

Ten Hag risked punishment from the FA and PGMOL by unleashing a furious rant at the referees and VAR for the call. "First of all, in football not always the best team win and today it was clear and obvious and clear and obvious was not how the VAR worked, how they run their process," the Dutchman began in his press conference.

"Before the season they explained the process of the VAR and only when it is clear and obvious then they should interfere. What they didn’t do against Spurs, where they should have done it, to interfere with the red card of Bruno (Fernandes), that was a wrong decision and now they make a wrong decision interfering.

"Both had big impacts on the scores of the games. As I say, I don’t criticise any