The Video Assistant Referee system had helped preserve the lead Son Heung-min gave Tottenham in the 58th minute. But few in the ground could understand why David McGoldrick's equaliser minutes later had been disallowed.
Had George Baldock's later equaliser, which also went to VAR, been ruled out too it would have been an injustice for Chris Wilder's side who were worth at least a 1-1 draw. Wilder said that even if he had been, the question was at which point the referee had deemed it a new phase of play, as the apparent offence happened early in the move that eventually saw the ball end up in the Spurs net.
" is here to aid referees. It affects the game. The length of time it takes. We need to have a big look at it in the summer. It's here to stay, but there were always going to be these issues, but it's going to have to run its course."