FULHAM are up in arms after West Ham were awarded a goal despite Gianluca Scamacca appearing to handle the ball.
The Italian scored to put the Hammers 2-1 up and despite a check with VAR the goal stood.
With the scores level at 1-1 Lucas Paqueta found Scamacca with a clever through ball, but the Italian seemed to use his hand to bring the ball under control.
He did not hesitate though and beat onrushing goalkeeper Bernd Leno with a delicate chip.
Interestingly, Scamacca did not celebrate his goal – perhaps thinking it would be ruled out.
Leno immediately began protesting, as did defender Tim Ream, with the pair pointing to their arms to indicate a handball had been committed.
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VAR looked at the incident and examined the possible handball several times from multiple angles.
But VAR concluded that Scamacca did not commit a handball, which sparked outrage from Fulham boss Marco Silva who received a booking for his complaints.
Fans on social media were also in uproar at the goal being allowed to stand despite replays proving Scamacca touched the ball with his hand.
One supporter wrote: “It’s about as blatant handball as you’re ever going to get 🤣 And the fact they checked it twice to deem it acceptable is corruption in itself.”
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Another added: “This was a double handball. Scamacca himself knew he did something wrong.”
And a third said: “VAR have dropped a clanger there. Clear handball by Scamacca.”
With Fulham chasing an equaliser, Michail Antonio scored in the 91th minute to make it 3-1 to West Ham and wrap up the points.
Fulham defender Tim Ream said after the match: “The majority of us expected Scamacca’s goal to be ruled out – Bernd Leno pointed out that is why he wasn’t celebrating. There are swings and roundabouts though, hopefully one goes in our favour.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
