00:00The referee's body, PGMOL,
00:02officially endorsed the decision to disallow Callum Wilson's late equalizer
00:07for a foul on Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya during Sunday's match.
00:11The incident occurred deep in added time during a corner,
00:15where a VAR check led referee Chris Cavanaugh to review the monitor
00:19and identify a foul by Pablo on the keeper.
00:23Arsenal secured a crucial 1-0 victory as a result of the decision,
00:27moving five points clear at the top of the Premier League table ahead of Manchester City.
00:32Howard Webb stated that Raya was impeded by an opponent grabbing or holding his arms,
00:37preventing him from catching or punching the ball as he normally would.
00:41Pundits have described the ruling as the biggest VAR call in the Premier League
00:46since the introduction of the technology in 2019 due to its significance.
00:51The PGMOL chief noted that officials have been briefed all season
00:55to penalize instances where goalkeepers are specifically impeded from performing their duties.
01:00The defeat leaves West Ham United third from bottom,
01:04remaining two points behind 17th-placed Tottenham Hotspur,
01:08with only two matches left in the season.
01:10Webb acknowledged an increase in penalty area physicality
01:14and set-piece coaching tactics,
01:16emphasizing that officials must remain vigilant against impactful fouls.
01:20are the victims of a civil war,
01:20the game did not have a challenge for the 2018.
01:20But the biggest two matches were ever seen as his criteria for them,
01:20as well as the franchise is known as the episode of 2018.
01:20this was a great-to-league program as the Academimosapier,
01:21the World War of the Warriors on the Premier League,
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