It was a day of managers disagreeing over the correct use of the video assistant referee as several Premier League games threw up controversial decisions on Saturday.

West Ham were denied a 90th-minute equaliser when Maxwel Cornet’s effort was ruled out after Jarrod Bowen was judged to have fouled Edouard Mendy in the build-up – a decision David Moyes called “scandalous”.

Elsewhere, Newcastle saw what Eddie Howe called a “perfectly good goal” chalked off and Leeds boss Jesse Marsch was sent off for his reaction to two penalty decisions that did not go his side’s way in a defeat by Brentford.

“Players and managers have been let down today, it’s been a terrible day – they have been let down by decisions like that,” said Alan Shearer on Match of the Day.

Former top-flight manager Tony Pulis said on BBC Radio 5 Live: “It’s not VAR – let me get this correct. VAR just records the TV footage, it’s the people who are running VAR.

“It’s those human beings who are making the decisions. It’s the referees stuck in that office, wherever they are, making the decisions.”

There was one instance, however, of a referee being told to consult the pitchside monitor and sticking with their on-field decision.

That came at Nottingham Forest, where Michael Oliver awarded a penalty for handball and – five minutes later – it was scored by Brennan Johnson.

“Well done Michael Oliver, at last a referee has had the guts to say ‘I am sticking with my decision’,” said Shearer. “Don’t be surprised to see more of that in the coming weeks because he is the first to do it.”