Chelsea vs West Ham

"It is as bad a decision as you will ever see - or at least for another half-hour," he added, referring to the VAR controversy in Newcastle United's game ...

"It is a scandalous decision," he told Match of the Day. Why doesn’t he stick to his decision? Shearer passionately continued: "They should be told to stay out of it the VAR officials. And I don’t think anyone who has played the game will agree with the VAR Jared Gillett and the referee Andy Madley. [Alan Shearer](https://www.sportbible.com/alan-shearer) pulled no punches as he ruthlessly slammed VAR following the controversial review in [Chelsea](https://www.sportbible.com/chelsea)'s win over [West Ham United](https://www.sportbible.com/west-ham-united) on Saturday. [But his strike was ruled out after a VAR review](https://www.sportbible.com/football/west-ham-chelsea-goal-ruled-out-20220903) to the sheer frustration of David Moyes and Declan Rice, who hit out at the decision on social media.

Thomas Tuchel could not hide his frustration with Conor Gallagher as he raged at the midfielder on the touchline during Chelsea's win over West Ham on ...

‘We wanted to restart the season today, and we did. ‘But as I said, it’s hard to play a really attractive game against them because they do what they do at the highest level. I told them to keep believing and find a better understanding of where we can maybe create an overload. ‘I see this all the time when I analyse West Ham, and this is what they do. It’s hard to create chances, half-chances, and deliveries. So the task became more and more difficult for us.

WEST HAM are seeking further explanation on a controversial VAR decision in their defeat to Chelsea.

The 59-year-old then hit out at Madley and Gillett's decision-making, describing the incident as "scandalous". Mendy was then seen writhing in pain on the ground while play continued and Cornet found the back of the net. Hammers boss [David Moyes](/latest/david-moyes) and captain [Declan Rice](/latest/declan-rice) were furious with the decision to chalk off Maxwel Cornet’s strike after the game, which ultimately cost the visitors a point.

THE PREMIER LEAGUE is set to review the controversial VAR decisions made at Stamford Bridge and St James' Park yesterday with the referees' governing.

[David Moyes](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19698894/west-ham-moyes-goal-chelsea-keeper-mendy-faking-injury/) claimed that the controversial VAR call was "scandalous" and "rotten". [Virgil van Dijk was lucky to avoid a red card](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19697649/liverpool-virgil-van-dijks-horror-tackle-evertons-onana/) for a dangerous challenge Amadou Onana, with many fans claiming that he should've been sent off. [Declan Rice](https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/declan-rice/) was also critical. [Chelsea 2-1](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19698169/chelsea-west-ham-havertz-cornet/) while The Magpies were [held to a 1-1 draw](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19680248/newcastle-vs-crystal-palace-live-stream-watch-premier-league-football-online/). [West Ham](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196655/west-ham/) and [Newcastle](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196669/newcastle-united/) were denied decisive goals against [Chelsea](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196660/chelsea/) and [Crystal Palace](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196666/crystal-palace/) respectively. [FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS - BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS](https://www.thesun.co.uk/betting-tips/free-bets?ilc=inline)

VAR took centre stage this weekend for all the wrong reasons and the Premier League has stepped in to try and address it.It has asked the referees'

“The VAR check is exposing them, because what are you looking at? Card payments only. 18+ New customers only. [Weekend Sports Breakfast](https://talksport.com/topic/weekend-sports-breakfast/): “The VAR is there to help the referee, and this is harsh what I’m about to say, but some of the referees don’t understand football. VAR took centre stage at the weekend for all the wrong reasons and the Premier League has stepped in to try and address it. [David Moyes was fuming](https://talksport.com/football/1185890/david-moyes-chelsea-west-ham-goal-var-equaliser-cornet/) after the incident and said VAR official Jarred Gillett was unfit for duty, while also confronting referee Andy Madley.

The Premier League are set to step in to deal with so called VAR misuse which has caused uproar amongst David Moyes and Declan Rice recently.

I'm more embarrassed for the guy in VAR than the referee because that's telling me someone who doesn't understand football and shouldn't be near the game if that is enough to put someone near the screen. "Today there is no excuse for that not to be a goal, none whatsoever. "They've got new people in charge who are trying to do something. "It is a scandalous decision, absolutely rotten from one of the supposedly elite referees," Moyes told Sky Sports. There have been many issues that all the managers have picked up but game week 6 of the 2022/23 campaign has been like none other so far. Stamford Bridge, St James Park and the Amex Stadium were the three locations whereby the most controversial of the decisions were made but David Moyes' and Declan Rice's explosive reactions amplified these decisions.