Hammers robbed of a point by VAR

Chelsea 2 West Ham 1 

Never listen to a match on the radio — the tension always seems much worse than being there. A poor first half sees West Ham comfortably contain Chelsea. The second half comes alive when Bowen's excellent volley is parried for a corner by Mendy. From that corner Rice plays the ball back into the danger area and Antonio pokes home in front of the jubilant away fans. 

But it's hard to ever feel confident at Stamford Bridge and subs Broja, Havertz and Chilwell make a difference. The equaliser comes when sub Chilwell gets a lucky bounce and swivels to shoot through Fabianski's legs from a tight angle. The keeper should have been quicker off his line to block.

Next up sub Benrahma does brilliantly with his cross to give fellow sub Cornet a free header which he puts against the post. It might as well be written that Chelsea will go down the other end and score a late winner. Chilwell gets in a cross from the left and Havertz gets across Ogbonna to score. I'm not sure Ogbonna should have been brought on against a top side when he's still getting match-fit — perhaps Zouma or Kehrer might have been a bit sharper in that situation.

But for once the Hammers seem to retrieve the game. Under pressure from Bowen, Mendy makes a hash of gathering a back-header and spills the ball to Cornet, who shoots into the roof of the net. Mendy writhes on the ground as if shot by the Grealish sniper. Enter sodding VAR which decides that Bowen's trailing foot has caught Mendy. It's the merest brush with his laces and Jarrod actually jumped over the keeper to avoid clattering him. How could both the ref Andy Madley and VAR get this wrong? Why didn't the ref stick to his decision to award a goal at the monitor? 

Moyes calls it "scandalous" and Declan Rice says it's the worst VAR decision ever. Alan Shearer is scathing on Match of the Day and says,"it's as bad a decision as you will ever see", but none of that will salvage the lost point. Infamy, infamy, they've all got in in for me.