Referees’ chief Howard Webb has insisted the VAR was right to rule out West Ham United’s late equalizer against Arsenal after a lengthy review which also featured checks on a number of other incidents.

Callum Wilson fired home in the fifth minute of stoppage time and looked to have sealed a 1–1 draw for the Hammers—a result that would have given Manchester City a route back into the title race—only for a foul on Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya by West Ham’s Pablo to be detected after a five-minute review .

“Is it a foul on the goalkeeper? Categorically yes,” Webb told Match Officials Mic’d Up .

“We’ve said all season that if a goalkeeper is impeded by an opponent grabbing or holding their arms and therefore they can’t do their job, they’ll be penalized.…