A number of Southampton fans have reacted to the VAR decisions given against their team in the clash with Newcastle.
Some Saints supporters have taken to Twitter to voice their opinions after VAR overcalled two decisions during the game.
The first came after a challenge from Moussa Djenepo resulted in a yellow card for the winger. VAR then prompted the referee to go and look at the tackle on the pitchside monitor, before reversing his decision and showing Djenepo a red card.
Newcastle were then on the receiving end again as VAR helped to award them a penalty later in the half. Sofiane Boufal brought the ball down in the box and dribbled away to safety, with the referee seeing nothing wrong with the incident. VAR then noticed that Boufal brought the ball down with the top of his arm, with Newcastle then being awarded a penalty.
These Southampton fans reacted to the VAR decisions with mixed opinions.
Twitter: Seen both descision from yesterday. VAR/ref got it spot on for both. 100% red card and pen. Understandable but I do… https://t.co/LVslATOZaA (@tomforder69)
Twitter: Confused about all the fuss I heard was expecting a dubious Red a dubious pen and a really bad mistake. When in fa… https://t.co/z2xBtY52uW (@raybird1981)
Twitter: So how long will we be stuck on 34 points? Not good enough, although VAR and the Ref were absolutely shambolic. Nor… https://t.co/GkoCtywjEW (@dettmer93)
Twitter: Just watched back the red card. There was absolutely no intention from djenepo to foul the Newcastle player. It was… https://t.co/P4TpjWwzQw (@geezdownunder)
Twitter: Having got home and watched the highlights, it’s definitely a red and probably a penalty, so in fairness VAR was correct on both #saintsfc (@JonStone101)
Twitter: VAR & officials awful, practically handing the game to Newcastle who had to rely on a defensive mistake to score ag… https://t.co/K4JosIv8iP (@RickmanKyran)
