Jarrod Bowen gives verdict on West Ham penalty vs Man United - and Erik ten Hag won't like it

Jarrod Bowen has suggested that referee David Coote might have made the wrong decision to award West Ham a stoppage-time penalty during their controversial 2-1 win over Manchester United.

Despite dominating the first half, United fell behind in the 73rd minute. Crysencio Summerville fired home from close-range after getting on the end of Danny Ings' scuffed shot.

Erik ten Hag's side responded to equalise within eight minutes as Casemiro bundled home, but their joy was short-lived when West Ham were handed the chance from the penalty spot.

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David Coote was sent to the pitch-side monitor after Matthijs de Ligt appeared to collide with Ings inside the area and he overturned his initial decision to give West Ham a spot-kick. Jarrod Bowen struck home the resulting take from 12 yards to secure all three points for Julen Lopetegui's men.

Delivering his verdict on the controversial decision to give West Ham a penalty, Bowen told Premier League Productions that he didn't think a spot kick should have been given when the incident took place

Bowen said: "At the time I saw [Danny] Ings got kicked and I think they got kicked so I thought it wasn't a pen." He added: "I had a feeling it might get given and then Cre [Summerville] had the ball and it was a waiting game.

"With penalties you have a routine you know where you're going. But when you're waiting you're thinking shall I go the other way? But I stuck with what I know and stepped up and wanted to dispatch and thankfully I did that."

Ten Hag, meanwhile, hinted that he didn't think the referee and VAR made the right call. He told BBC Sport: "Before the season there was the instruction about VAR only interfering in clear and obvious mistakes. That is definitely not a clear and obvious mistake from the on-field referee."

Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara was in agreement with Ten Hag and fumed at the decision. He told Sky Sports: "The ball bounces up and it's a 50/50. Both have gone in for it, both have been a bit tentative but Ings is already on his way down. He is looking for the penalty and De Ligt doesn't really catch him.

"None of them make a real contact on it and you see them things happen in the box all of the time. I think it's really harsh. The referee hasn't given that on the field and VAR has sent him over to the monitor. He has looked at that for a couple of minutes and thought: 'Am I really giving a penalty for that?'

"I'm not having it, it's re-reffing the game, the referee has seen it but he hasn't given it. There is not enough contact and that is not a proper foul. It's not clear and obvious and it's not a massive error."