Southampton striker Charlie Austin has hit out at the decision to disallow his goal in his side's 1-1 draw against Watford in a furious rant.
The Saints were leading 1-0 when Austin found the net in the second half, but his effort was ruled out by referee Simon Hooper.
Hooper incorrectly ruled that the ball deflected in off Southampton's Maya Yoshida, who was in an offside position.
As reported by BBC Sport, Austin said: 'It's ridiculous, they shouldn't be in the game, We scored a perfectly good goal that was ruled out for offside. The officials cost us two points. They said it was offside, that is a joke.
'People go on about VAR, they clearly need help. If this is the best, most-watched league in the world then give them all the help they need. It is a joke.
'Sure there are many positives, we worked hard, we deserved three points and we would have got that had we not been let down by the official.'
Austin went on to add that he felt Southampton had been 'let down' by the decision.
He said: 'We feel like we have been let down. I started well, worked hard to be up 1-0 at half-time and we stuck to the plan.
'We didn't get beat but we should have gotten away with three points going into the international break.
'The performance was there, we can take that away and we should manage the game. I'm angry is what it is, we should have won 2-0.'
The result saw Southampton's run without a win in the Premier League extend to eight games.
Manolo Gabbiadini's goal had put Southampton in front but, after Austin's effort was disallowed, Watford levelled late on courtesy of Jose Holebas' deflected strike.
Southampton are in 17th place in the Premier League, just one point above the relegation zone.