Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has explained why West Ham's opening goal against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon was allowed to stand, with Declan Rice appearing to have handled the ball in the build-up to the penalty.
Arsenal were in complete control of the game up until the half hour mark, with the Gunners 0-2 up through goals from Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard. However, the match turned when Thomas Partey was dispossessed in midfield, allowing West Ham to enter the final third before Lucas Paqueta was taken down by Gabriel, resulting in a penalty being awarded.
VAR, as with all penalty decisions, checked the incident but deemed that no further action should be taken, leaving Said Benrahma to score the penalty.
