Between them, Manuel Pellegrini and Roy Hodgson have a combined age of 138 and have taken charge of more than 30 clubs including Real Madrid and Internazionale. Yet even for the Premier League’s two oldest managers, the era of VAR is a new dynamic they will just have to get used to.
In the old days, Jordan Ayew’s late goal would have remained disallowed and West Ham and Crystal Palace would have gone home with a share of the points. But there can be no such grey areas any more and when replays showed that Martin Kelly had been played onside by Issa Diop’s toe before his header across goal, with Felipe Anderson’s knee doing the job for Ayew to allow him the easiest of tap-ins, Michael Oliver had no choice but to award the goal.
Written by Ed Aarons at the London Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/05/west-ham-crystal-palace-premier-league-match-report under the title “VAR overturns offside as Jordan Ayew gives Crystal Palace win at West Ham”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
