Wayne Rooney on The Wayne Rooney Show

I think where VAR is consistent and the referees are consistent - and I hate it - is you go anywhere near the goalkeeper and it's a foul.

You go anywhere near the goalkeeper and you give a foul. Throughout my career as a player, I've had a dislike for goalkeepers because of that reason.

I think because they can jump with their arms and so they have got a big advantage and normally they come out with their knees and the studs down your back and stuff.

But I think it is consistent with goalkeepers that [if] you go near them, they normally get a free-kick.

Luke Edwards
Daily Telegraph writer on The Football Daily podcast

Chris Kavanagh has been sent over to that screen, and it is a foul.

David Raya's arm is held throughout the entire incident. He cannot move his arm freely. I know there will be fans of other clubs that will accuse Arsenal of dark arts.

Arsenal have not only known every trick in the book, but they have invented some new ones.

Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent

There has been a lot of talk about the length of time it took the VAR, Darren England, and referee Chris Kavanagh to rule out the goal.

England spent two minutes 41 seconds poring over every angle.

Kavanagh spent one minute 15 seconds at the monitor.

In total, it took four minutes 11 seconds on a decision potentially deciding the title and the final relegation place.

There was a lot going on, many possible fouls to assess and the chronology to sort out.

It was a decision with such monumental consequences, if ever there was a decision to take your time over and get it right this was it.

So don't look at time in this way to try to determine whether it was clear and obvious - look at the final outcome.

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Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter

It's a fair point Greg, technology has been introduced to the game to minimise the chance that the result of a match, relegation or title race could be secured by a potential injustice.

What many players, managers, pundits and fans struggle with is that - despite the technology now being available - that feeling of injustice still remains.

Is this something we should just accept - football is a game of opinions, where decisions are not always black and white - or do we still need to make improvements to the way the technology is used and decisions are made?

Let's quickly take stock, before continuing this debate.

This morning, we have been looking at Arsenal's dramatic win against West Ham that has implications at both ends of the Premier League table.

The game - and perhaps this season's title race - was defined by a Hammers equaliser that was disallowed following VAR intervention - and there's been no shortage of debate on the call.

Here's a look at everything we have looked at so far:

• West Ham request PGMOL explanation on VAR call
• Ex-assistant referee Darren Cann dissects the incident on MOTD
• 'What a responsibility, what a big call' - Mikel Arteta
• 'What's allowed and what isn't should be addressed' - Nuno
• 'Where's the consistency?' - Jarrod Bowen
• 'Foul is clear and obvious' - John Murray
• 'You won't get away with holding onto a goalkeeper's arm'
• 'Similar incidents weren't seen the same way' - Thomas Hitzlsperger
• 'One time I actually think VAR did a good job' - Wayne Rooney

We’ve also had plenty of your thoughts coming in. Keep getting in touch by clicking 'Get Involved' on the page.

Just how important was this result?

Well, the outcome of Arsenal's dramatic 1-0 win at West Ham is that the Gunners have strengthened their grip on the Premier League title race and West Ham have been plunged deeper into relegation trouble, while the safety of two other teams was confirmed.

All of this hinged on the result of one VAR decision.

Mikel Arteta's league leaders now have a five-point cushion over second-placed Manchester City, who have three matches to play compared with Arsenal's two.

Meanwhile, West Ham remain in 18th place, one point behind 17th-placed Tottenham, who have three matches remaining, compared to the Hammers' two, and a vastly superior goal difference.

Spurs can move four points clear tonight with a win at home to Leeds United.

Both Leeds, in 16th, and Nottingham Forest, in 15th, are now seven points clear of West Ham and safe from relegation following Sunday's results, which included a 1-1 draw for Forest at home to Newcastle United.

Jay Bothroyd
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

First and foremost, I just want to say that if this wasn't Arsenal and the magnitude of the game wasn't what it was, with West Ham being in a renegotiation battle and Arsenal being in the title charge, I don't think we'd be even having this conversation.

Ultimately, it is a foul on David Raya.

Arsenal use set-pieces and they score goals from them. They're one of the best. Every team does the same thing now. That's just the way the game goes.

It was the right decision - it just took so long, but it took so long because of the magnitude of the game.

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Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent

There have been many questions as to why the VAR chose to give the foul by Pablo on David Raya.

What about Leandro Trossard on Pablo or Declan Rice on Crysencio Summerville?

There was a lot going on, which is why the VAR, Darren England, needed over two minutes to assess everything.

In these cases, unless another foul clearly comes first, the VAR will prioritise the offence which has a material impact on the play. In this incident, it was Raya's ability to claim or play the ball as he intended.

Rice's hold on Summerville was a clear non-footballing action so could have been a penalty - but Pablo's foul on Raya came first.

What about if there was a foul on an attacker before Raya was held?

The goal would still need to be disallowed and a penalty awarded.

The VAR could not play advantage off a penalty incident and ignore a subsequent foul on the goalkeeper.

It is a bit like the Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai situation earlier this year. An advantage to Man City was played, but there was a foul by Haaland before the ball crossed the line.

The goal had to be disallowed and play pulled back to the City free-kick, which would have been given but for the advantage.

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Wayne Rooney on The Wayne Rooney Show

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It's a clear foul. You're going to obviously get a lot of people saying they think it should have stood because it's controversial and probably all the [Manchester] City players, staff, fans are going to say it should have stood.

And then you're going to get all the Tottenham fans, players, staff saying it shouldn't have stood and of course the Arsenal fans and stuff.

But it's a clear foul. I think you can clearly see the arm crosses his face and it impacts him getting to the ball. So I think it's the right decision.

It's the one time I actually think VAR has done a really good job in such an important game.

Thomas Hitzlsperger
Former Aston Villa midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

This particular incident, I agree, the goal shouldn't have stood and it didn't stand, so that's correct.

The fact that Arsenal played this way all season and similar incidents weren't seen the same way, that makes it more complicated.

I think it would have been a nice touch from Chris Kavanagh to say, goal disallowed, but we're giving a penalty.

When you look at some of the Arsenal players, the way they're pulling West Ham players, I'd say that's a consolation.

Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent

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Since Sunday even we've seen a lot of other examples floating around social media of potential fouls on a goalkeeper - where a goal has been allowed to stand.

Crucially, Pablo's challenge on David Raya is not the same.

Pablo has his arm fully across the goalkeeper, with his hand holding on to the opposite arm.

This clearly limits Raya's ability to claim or play the ball and is markedly different - it is a clear case of impeding a goalkeeper.

Perhaps the most direct example affected Arsenal three years ago. They had a goal disallowed against Leicester through VAR for Ben White holding the arm of Danny Ward as the goalkeeper was about to come out and attempt a punch.There have been several goals this season where an attacker has been in contact with a goalkeeper and VAR has stayed out of it, but not when an arm is being held in the act of trying to claim, play or catch the ball.

Henry Winter
Football writer on BBC Radio 5 Live

On players grappling in the box during corners...

It is now down to the referees to be stronger on this.

It is embarrassing for the Premier League and PGMOL [Professional Game Match Officials Limited], the referees union, effectively. They should address this and have more consistency.