Why West Ham were awarded a penalty that surprised even their players against Manchester United

The Red Devils squandered a fig of bully chances successful the first-half astatine the London Stadium, with Diogo Dalot’s miss possibly the worst of the bunch.

Dalot had rounded goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski aft latching onto a good shot from Bruno Fernandes but fired precocious and wide from comparatively adjacent range.

Crysencio Summerville opened the scoring conscionable aft the 70-minute people and portion Casemiro would respond not agelong after, a precocious spot-kick scored by Jarrod Bowen sealed a captious 3 points for the hosts.

Matthijs De Ligt challenged Danny Ings successful the United container towards the closing stages of the crippled and portion it was ignored by on-field referee David Coote, a VAR reappraisal was recommended.

The determination not to grant a punishment was past overturned, with a connection from the Premier Legue’s Match Centre confirming: “The referee did not grant a punishment to West Ham for a situation by de Ligt connected Ings. The VAR deemed determination was capable interaction connected Ings’ little limb and recommended an on-field review. The referee overturned his archetypal determination and awarded a penalty.”

“At the time, I saw [Danny] Ings got kicked and I deliberation they got kicked truthful I thought it wasn't a penalty,” helium told Premier League Productions.

“I had a feeling it mightiness get fixed and past Cre [Summerville] had the shot and it was a waiting game.”

Summerville, meanwhile, admitted helium was “surprised” astatine the decision.

“I'm amazed due to the fact that we played on,” helium told BBC Match of the Day.

“I tried to distract them arsenic though I was going to instrumentality it, but it was a agelong wait. The triumph was overmuch needed for our confidence."