Gary Neville and Micah Richards both felt that Manchester City should have been awarded a penalty in the first half of their game against West Ham on Sunday.
With both teams looking to break the deadlock, Gabriel Jesus went down under a challenge from Kurt Zouma.
City were left incensed that they had not been given a spot-kick, and Neville had some sympathy for them after watching a replay of the incident.
"I think that is a penalty,' Neville said on co-commentary during the match.
'That was clumsy from Zouma'.
VAR briefly looked at the tackle, but decided against overturning the on-field decision, despite Zouma appearing to make contact with Jesus's leg as the pair battled for the ball.
Assessing the penalty shout at half time, Richards was in disbelief that VAR did not intervene.
'It’s a definite penalty. I don’t know what they’re (VAR) doing,' he said in the Sky Sports Studio.
Jarrod Bowen went on to score twice later in the half, leaving City facing a battle to keep their title charge on track.
However, they fought back after the break, with a Jack Grealish strike and a Vladimir Coufal own goal bringing them level.