Premier League club demand PGMOL investigate goal given against them amid claims it was incorrectly given

A Premier League club have submitted a request to the PGMOL to explain VAR's decision over a goal scored last weekend.

Outrage surrounding controversial VAR decisions has been minimal over the first four gameweeks of the 2024/25 Premier League season.

Just last season there were several season-defining moments surrounded by VAR controversy, such as Liverpool winger Luis Diaz's disallowed goal against Tottenham Hotspur.

But now, the first major moment involving VAR has happened, and one Premier League club is absolutely furious.

Last Saturday, Crystal Palace drew 2-2 with Leicester City at Selhurst Park but, according to The Telegraph, after the match, the Foxes have officially submitted a complaint to the PGMOL as they believe the first goal scored by Palace should not have stood.

After going 2-0 down, Palace hit back through striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in the 47th minute after the goal was deemed to be onside by VAR after an on-field official had flagged it offside.

However, Leicester believe that VAR got the decision wrong as they argue that Mateta was in an offside position when defender Tyrick Mitchell crossed the ball to him and VAR had failed to properly identify the moment the ball was played.

Speaking after the match, new Leicester manager Steve Cooper spoke out about the decision and called for the evidence used to decide the goal should stand to be released.

Cooper said: “If it is, no problem, we’ll hold our hands up. But we can’t be calling offsides on suggestions, which is only what we’ve seen at the moment. We need to get that image quickly off the Premier League. If it is, I’ll accept it.”

Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored four goals for Crystal Palace this season. (Image: Getty)

The result means that the two sides now have identical records from the opening four matches of the season, with each team drawing two matches and losing the others.

In the Premier League several cameras equipped with Hawk-Eye technology are used when consulting VAR about an offside decision.

The description of the process on the Premier league website reads: “Hawk-Eye can use any broadcast camera to identify the point of contact with the ball by the attacker, and synchronises all cameras for this purpose.”