How West Ham, Man Utd and Aston Villa rank in Premier League table without VAR amid handball drama

West Ham saw two goals chalked off by VAR against Aston Villa at the weekend.

West Ham supporters left the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon with the bitter taste of VAR in their mouth. The Hammers saw two goals ruled out by the system against Aston Villa, including what would have been a dramatic injury time winner.

Manager David Moyes was equally bemused after full-time. He told the media: "You can contact Howard yourself and get the results or who to speak to regarding it. Burnley last week. Freiburg. Two today. Every one has gone against us. It's hard to take. I'm not going to comment on them. If VAR thinks it's right, it must be right. Football people see things differently."

Officials took over five minutes to rule out the late West Ham goal as the London Stadium waited for news from the VAR hub. The ball was adjudged to have clipped Tomas Soucek's arm on the way into the back of the net after the midfielder bundled with Kostantinos Mavropanos and Jarros Bowen to bundle in a James Ward-Prowse free-kick.

Speaking after the match, Michail Antonio said: "The rules are, if I remember vaguely. It is direct handball. So, mine possibly shouldn't have stood. Tomas' one, where he's handballed it and it's gone onto Jarrod's head and gone in. I remember when the referees came in they said if it's not direct, then it should stand. So, maybe the second one was wrong. Those were the rules I got told when they spoke to us before the season. On another day it would have stood."

LondonWorld looks at what the Premier League table would look like for West Ham had VAR never intervened in any top flight match this season.

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