Arsenal took a huge step towards securing the Premier League title in a dramatic late finish at West Ham.
They did, however, need some help from a very late VAR intervention.
Further down the football pyramid Rochdale got their reward for an impressive season with a hugely-important Wembley win.
Arteta praises ‘brave’ officials for VAR call
Mikel Arteta congratulated the “brave” match officials for overturning an “obvious error” in Arsenal’s controversial 1-0 win against West Ham which edges them closer to a first Premier League title in 22 years.
Leandro Trossard fired Arteta’s side ahead with just seven minutes remaining before Callum Wilson appeared to deal a hammer blow to the Gunners’ championship aspirations – and a crucial boost to West Ham’s hopes of survival – in stoppage time.
But after referee Chis Kavanagh was sent to the on-pitch monitor by VAR, and then watched an extraordinary 17 replays of the flashpoint, he elected to chalk off the equaliser, with Pablo Felipe adjudged to have fouled…