Sheffield Utd boss Wilder seething over Ward-Prowse 'hand-ball'

Football
15 Sep 2019 • 9:17 PM MYT
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Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder was seething after being denied a penalty by VAR in their 1-0 home defeat to Southampton.

The Blades trailing to a Moussa Djenepo wonder strike felt they should have had a spot-kick in the 75th minute when James Ward-Prowse appeared to handle a cross with an outstretched arm in the area.

Referee Lee Mason checked with Stockley Park but instead gave a corner to the home side. And Wilder became the latest manager to feel wronged.

"It's a penalty," he said.

"If you look, there's two or three of our boys waiting to tap it in. I don't think they can get it wrong. The hand was out there."

Last week referees' chief Mike Riley told a Premier League meeting that the replay system, introduced this season, had already made four incorrect decisions.

"Maybe in four weeks' time someone will come out and say it's a mistake," Wilder said. "You expect with all the talk and the debate it's a pretty easy one to pick up. I don't know why they had that meeting then, eh?"