“A real blow. We thought we’d done so well to get back in it and had it taken away from us,” West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen said after the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.

The Hammers thought they had an equaliser in injury time, but the goal was ruled out for a foul on David Raya after a VAR check.

“When you look at the screen for five minutes you’ll find something – a lot of grappling and a lot of holding. I’m sure if you look long enough you’ll find something. Do I think it’s the right decision? No,” Bowen said about the episode.

“Frustration. 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.

“Corners are physical. The Premier League is physical. That’s why everyone loves it. You have to expect contact at corners. 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.

“I don’t want to sound bitter but last week we had one with Tomas Socuek held at Brentford and we didn’t get a penalty. But then you can’t give one like that today.”