Aaron Ramsdale lead angry Southampton fans on social media after their side saw a goal controversially ruled out by VAR during their clash with Brighton.
In the second-half, with the score locked at 1-1, Southampton thought they had taken the lead through Cameron Archer after he poked home from close range.
However, in a chaotic five minutes that ensued, referee Robert Jones initially ruled it out for offside before VAR then took a look and overruled it, deeming Archer to be onside.
Officials then checked over the footage a second time and ruled that the goal should in-fact be ruled out due to the fact teammate Adam Armstrong was offside and attempted to intervene.
However fans, both in the stadiums and watching from home, were left bemused after the VAR officials checked over the goal and ruled that it was fine – before then backtracking on the decision.
The Premier League Match Centre explained on X: ‘The referee’s call of no goal was checked and confirmed by the VAR as Armstrong was in an offside position and deemed to be impacting Verbruggen’s ability to play the ball’.
Southampton thought they’d taken the lead in their clash with Brighton on Friday evening
However, after a lengthy process, VAR eventually ruled it out for offside on Adam Armstrong
Saints goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale quickly took to social media to vent his frustrations
However, the justification was not enough for some, including Saints goalkeeper Ramsdale who took to X shortly after to air his frustrations.
He wrote: ‘You can not be serious’ along with a ‘face-palm’ emoji.
Ramsdale would have likely been in goal for the Saints had he not suffered a broken finger which kept him out during the recent international break.
Speaking last week, Southampton boss Russell Martin said: ‘They’ll both be out for this weekend and a number of weeks. Aaron has had an operation on his finger; he’ll hopefully be back this side of Christmas.’
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