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Referees' main Howard Webb says West Ham should not person been awarded a punishment during Erik 10 Hag's last crippled successful complaint of Manchester United connected 27 October.
The Hammers were fixed the determination connected the proposal of video adjunct referee Michael Oliver pursuing Matthijs de Ligt's situation connected Danny Ings.
David Coote, the on-field referee, had waved play connected pursuing the incidental but awarded a punishment aft reviewing the incidental connected the pitch-side monitor.
Jarrod Bowen scored the penalty, sealing a 2-1 triumph for West Ham. Ten Hag was sacked little than 24 hours later.
"I thought it was a misread by the VAR," Webb told Sky Sports' Mic'd Up programme.
"A VAR that's usually truly talented and reliable, but gets uber-focused successful this concern connected De Ligt's leg. His limb coming done connected to Danny Ings, not making immoderate interaction with the ball. The ball's already past De Ligt arsenic helium arsenic helium makes interaction with Danny Ings.
"And the VAR sees that arsenic a wide foul. I deliberation helium was excessively focused connected that aspect. I don't deliberation helium should person got involved.
"I deliberation this is simply a concern wherever we'd permission the on-field determination arsenic it is, astir apt whichever mode it's called. On balance, I don't deliberation it's a punishment kick."
On-field referees are not required to travel the recommendations of the VAR official.
"They are told that they are perfectly wrong their rights to support their determination erstwhile they spell to the screen," said Webb.
Webb, who is main of refereeing assemblage PGMOL, was speaking publically for the archetypal clip since Coote was suspended with contiguous effect aft helium appeared to marque derogatory comments astir Liverpool and their erstwhile manager Jurgen Klopp successful a video that circulated online.
"We became alert of a video that was being circulated connected societal media that we are taking precise seriously," said Webb.
"We've instigated a afloat investigation. One of our referees, David Coote, has been suspended with contiguous effect pending the result of that investigation.
"There's not overmuch much I tin accidental astatine this signifier until we've worked done that investigation."
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