Candid man Antonio tells the sour truth of VAR ruining the game

West Ham's go-to guy Michail Antonio says VAR has made refereeing worse as referees now have "something to fall back on".

The Jamaican striker complained about refereeing in the Hammers' draw at Southampton.

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"It gives them the comfort of, 'I can leave it to VAR, and if they mess it up, they're in more trouble than I am because they're looking at a video, whereas I'm watching it live'," Antonio said.

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He claims Romain Perraud's opening goal in their 1-1 draw should not have stood as the referee Peter Bankes accidentally blocked Jarrod Bowen's path to the ball while claiming Kyle Walker-Peters had committed a foul throw in the build-up - but a VAR check allowed the goal to stand.