Fans blast ‘joke decision’ as VAR denies Kane winner

HARRY KANE was left fuming after his winner was controversially disallowed for Tottenham at Southampton.

The stat thought he had secured the points after he met Harry Winks’ pass over the top.

But VAR ruled it out for offside – and it literally could not have been any tighter.

And the decision left fans watching at home raging as well as the forward.

One tweeted: “I thought these marginal, armpit offsides had been cut out? That Kane goal should not be disallowed.”

Another wrote: “Why is it measured on Kane’s arm but not the defenders?”

While another said: “That’s literally a perfectly timed run. Given what the offside rule is actually for these right calls are actually dumb as f***.”

Boss Antonio Conte will celebrate with 7UP after making history at Spurs after this draw.
But he should have toasted a victory with champagne after his Tottenham team played against TEN MEN for 49 minutes.

Kane ensured Conte became the first Spurs boss ever to remain unbeaten for his first SEVEN league matches.

Southampton skipper James Ward-Prowse had threatened to drive a hole through that record when he performed his trademark golf swing celebration after firing the hosts in front with a stunning first-half strike.

But Kane’s penalty four minutes before the break – which also led to Saints defender Mohammed Salisu being sent off – maintained his manager’s magnificent start. It could and probably should have been even better for Conte.

But Kane had another effort ruled out by VAR and Southampton keeper Fraser Forster was lucky to have an own goal chalked off by ref Anthony Taylor as Spurs failed to make their extra man advantage tell.

Yet the fact we are talking about Tottenham not winning when they have just extended their unbeaten Prem run to seven matches shows how far they have come under Conte since his appointment last month.

As for 10-man Saints they should be happy with this hard-fought point on the back of their thrilling Boxing Day win at West Ham.

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl made six changes to his starting line-up, revealing before kick-off that Che Adams had been ruled out after testing positive for Covid.