Plenty of West Ham United fans were angry with a hugely controversial call that was made during their 3-2 victory against Chelsea on Wednesday night.
The Hammers secured a crucial three points as their relegation battle continued. Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and a late winner from Andriy Yarmolenko cancelled out Willian’s brace to take the bragging rights in the London derby.
However, there was a moment during the first-half which left the London Stadium faithful stunned.
Soucek fired home past the Blues’ shot-stopper Kepa Arrizabalanga but Michail Antonio went down in front of the ball before the Czech midfielder struck it into the net.
Should Tomas Soucek's goal have stood?
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But the goal was chalked off by VAR official Jon Moss after referee Martin Atkinson initially gave the goal. It was deemed that the Englishman was offside and interfering with play, somehow.
Unsurprisingly, supporters were incensed with the decision and made their feelings clear on social media. One fan said that “football is dead”, while others described it as “baffling” and “disgraceful”.
disgraceful var decision
— PrettyCanary (@CanaryPretty) July 1, 2020
Football is dead, couldn’t spot when Sheffield United had the ball 3 foot over the line, but offside from a corner!
— Daniel 🏴 (@franeyd1) July 1, 2020
How can Antonio interfere with that?! He was lying down, and wasn’t obstructing Kepa’s view! https://t.co/Ypc5Xxys36
— WHUFCJPNFZ (@WHUFCJPNFans) July 1, 2020
They only wanted to choose 1 angle for that decision disgrace if you ask me https://t.co/oy1dFHS3Lt
— Callum Mann (@CallumMann10) July 1, 2020
Unbelievable! Any decent football fan would argue with this! https://t.co/PCc1CHiBs3
— Karen Fage (@kazzafage) July 1, 2020
There’s no doubt his offside dont need the lines for that… but he didn’t interfere?!? https://t.co/363ocxiBxu
— Joe Willson (@JoeWillson_) July 1, 2020
Baffling https://t.co/8fNbYE7z1S
— tom ★ birch (@tom_biirch) July 1, 2020