'Where's the consistency?' West Ham's Bowen slams late VAR decision against Arsenal

[p]The Hammers trailed to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trossard-leandro/xUAbnjp2/"]Leandro Trossard[/a]'s late strike at the London Stadium, but appeared to have rescued [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/west-ham-Cxq57r8g/?mid=8Cxbx9Wh"]a last-gasp draw[/a] when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wilson-callum/YwKMvtoh/"]Wilson[/a] fired home after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] keeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raya-david/nkVV0IXb/"]David Raya[/a] dropped the ball.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham[/a]'s celebrations were curtailed by a prolonged VAR intervention that ended with referee Chris Kavanagh changing his decision, ruling that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pablo/WUmzSYj5/"]Pablo[/a] had fouled Raya, after consulting the pitch-side monitor.[/p][p]Nuno Espirito Santo's side remain in the relegation zone, one point behind fourth-bottom [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a], who have a game in hand against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] on Monday in the battle to avoid crashing into the Championship.[/p][p][b]"A real blow. We thought we'd done so well to get back in it and had it taken away from us,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bowen-jarrod/pW170H9K/"]Bowen[/a] said.[/p][p][b]"When you look at the screen for five minutes, you'll find something, a lot of grappling and a lot of holding. Do I think it's the right decision? No.[/b][/p][p][b]"Where's the consistency? As a fan, you don't want to celebrate a goal and then wait eight minutes, and it's taken off you."[/b][/p][embed guid="e3971660-667d-47ef-9f93-e468f51d6880" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2053528804744667421" social-type="twitter" /][p]West Ham had appealed for fouls by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rice-declan/zkQ8Cm6n/"]Declan Rice[/a] and Trossard that could have led to a penalty in the Wilson incident.[/p][p]And Bowen claimed officials are not consistent enough when dealing with potential fouls at set-pieces.[/p][p][b]"Corners are physical. The Premier League is physical. That's why everyone loves it. You have to expect contact at corners," [/b]he said.[/p][p][b]"If you give that, you have to give all the holding calls in the world, and that's not the way people want the game to go down.[/b][/p][p]"I don't want to sound bitter, but last week we had one with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soucek-tomas/8zWzYFRF/"]Tomas Soucek[/a] held at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a], and we didn't get a penalty.[/p][p][b]"But then you can't give one like that today."[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="f09c3849-d484-4028-bdf3-f3bd9bc2a561" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="a7d79c72-c093-4df7-ac9e-b0af670abb50" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p]West Ham boss Nuno added: "The way the game finished, we're all upset, of course.[/p][p][b]"I didn't pay attention to the replay just to not get more upset, but there's a referee, there's VAR, there's circumstances in the past that would be judged different. Let's not say much further than that.[/b][/p][p][b]"Due to the recent seasons, it's been happening, and even the referees don't know what is a foul, what isn't a foul. It creates a lot of doubt and speculation around it."[/b][/p]