West Ham United's Emerson Palmieri celebrates scoring
West Ham 1-1 Chelsea
by Paul Donovan
at the London Stadium
WEST HAM and Chelsea will both feel robbed by VAR in this keenly fought derby at the London Stadium.
Ten minutes from time, a free kick swung over from the left by Emerson was met by Declan Rice, only to see Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga force the ball out. Tomas Soucek, though, was on hand to drive the loose ball into the net.
The subsequent VAR investigation ruled that Rice had stepped (by inches) into an offside position as the ball came over.
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