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Former Premier League official Darren Cann has proposed a \u201claw change\u201d which could have changed the title race, after Arsenal were saved by VAR in their victory over West Ham.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/strong> ended their 36th match of the Premier League season with a five-point gap on second-placed Manchester City. Five points in the remaining two games would confirm the title, and it could be less if City don\u2019t beat Crystal Palace midweek.<\/p>\n But the Gunners\u2019 gap was almost two points smaller, as they were given a reprieve by VAR when, in stoppage time of their victory over West Ham, the home side\u2019s late equaliser was chalked off due to a foul on David Raya.<\/p>\n Striker Pablo was clearly holding Raya, stopping his jump which would no doubt have allowed him to claim the ball, but there were about another four skirmishes going on in the box, with players from either side the aggressor depending on which you looked at.<\/p>\n Fans of West Ham, of rival sides and the Hammers\u2019 skipper, Jarrod Bowen, have complained, some suggesting it wasn\u2019t a foul and some asking for more consistency on these types of decision.<\/p>\n Former Premier League official, Cann, feels you could eradicate moments like this by changing the laws.<\/p>\n He said on BBC Radio 5 Live<\/em>: \u201cI think there is too much skirmishing generally at corners anyway. My idea that I have been saying for three years now is that I believe attacking players shouldn\u2019t be allowed in the goal area before the corner is taken, so that would give natural separation between defenders and attackers and it would stop the intermingling before the ball is in play.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t give a defensive free kick or a penalty if the ball is not in play, so it would stop this constant pushing and grappling at corners if we separate the players.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a simple law change for attackers to have to start outside the goal area and it would avoid these situations.\u201d<\/p>\n READ<\/strong><\/em>: Arsenal get \u2018a bit of luck\u2019 after \u2018one of the worst decisions\u2019 Arteta has ever made \u2013 Redknapp<\/strong><\/p>\n That would not necessarily end these moments. Players would still meet in the box and get ahold of one another, just as they did in Arsenal\u2019s victory, it would just come later in the process.<\/p>\n Indeed, it\u2019s not as if the holding doesn\u2019t occur when the ball has been played in, it\u2019s quite the opposite, though some had indeed started before Bowen whipped the ball in.<\/p>\n But in that instance, had the players started outside the box, things would have been completely different. Players wouldn\u2019t have been in the same place, the foul might not have occurred and West Ham might have scored.<\/p>\n On the flip side, Raya might have come and easily claimed the ball and the Hammers might never have gotten a chance.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong><\/em>: 16 Conclusions from West Ham 0-1 Arsenal: Rice, Raya, Arteta, Trossard, Wilson, VAR, corners<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n