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VAR was correct to disallow Crystal Palace's goal from Jordan Ayew's foul - Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has no complaints about their rejected goal for a Jordan Ayew foul in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool.

Moments to half-time, Palace appeared to have taken the lead when James Tomkins headed Luka Milvojevic's free-kick into the net but Video Assistant Referee (VAR) ruled out the goal, having adjudged Ayew to have fouled Dejan Lovren in the lead-up to the strike.

"I think it was a foul and rightly disallowed," Hodgson said after the match, as reported by his club's official website.

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"I’m irritated of course because people are suggesting that one of VAR’s biggest mistakes was the goal Arsenal had disallowed against us, when in actual fact it was the exact same situation [as today], in fact it was worse.