Premier League issue statement after Jamie Carragher fumes over SIX minute VAR delay

The have issued a statement explaining why officials needing six minutes to confirm Nikola Milenkovic's goal against on Sunday. They claiming there was "issues with VAR communications" during the game, with left fuming over the delay.

Forest had gone 2-0 up against the Hammers at the London Stadium after glancing home from Anthony Elanga's free kick. The game finished 2-1 to Forest.

However, there was a lengthy delay over whether Milenkovic was offside, or if Nicolas Dominguez - who was in an offside position - was interfering with play at the time of the goal.

Officials ultimately decided he had not impacted on play, with Milenkovic clearly standing in an offside position as the goal was finally awarded to Forest.

But fans were left frustrated by a six-minute delay before Forest could celebrate going 2-1 up. The blamed technical difficulties and said newly-introduced semi-automated offside was "not available".

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A statement said: "The referee’s call of goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Milenkovic in an onside position and Domínguez in an offside position, but deemed not to be impacting on play.

"The semi-automated offside technology was not available to the VAR in this incident. There were also issues with the VAR communications to the on-field officials."

Carragher vented his anger towards the delay and said it summed up why supporters were so fed up of VAR. He said: "For me, it's a goal. This is why people get wound up. You can hear the reaction in the ground..."

Fans were furious on social media as one wrote: "They were desperate to disallow that, what a farce. You could spot after 30 seconds Milenkovic was onside."

Another said: "VAR spending 5 to 10 minutes trying to find a problem with Milenkovic’s goal. Took 10 seconds to see there was no issue. This is meant to be the peak of football, just woeful."

A third added: "Ridiculous how long that VAR check actually took, it was clear Milenkovic who scored it wasn’t in an offside position so should have been given and moved on. Mad how long it takes."

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