The Premier League started after VAR intervened to disallow Bournemouth's third goal against Newcastle.<br /><br />The Cherries went 1-0 up inside six minutes through Justin Kluivert, who put Bournemouth back in the lead just before half-time after Bruno Guimaraes had leveled matters with a header in the early kick-off.<br /><br />Bournemouth looked to have increased their cushion to two goals when Dango Ouattara stabbed home around the mark. However, Newcastle players appealed and a VAR review ensued, with a man in the middle Stuart Attwell ultimately chalking off the strike.<br /><br />The ball had gone out of play in the build-up to Ouattara finding the net when Sandro Tonali cleared on the stretch.<br /><br />In a rare but completely correct decision, Bournemouth was awarded a corner after the ball came off a Newcastle player last.<br /><br />PGMOL stated on their Match Centre social media feed shortly after the incident.<br /><br />PGMOL wrote: #NEWBOU - 61’ VAR OVERTURN. The referee’s call of goal for Bournemouth was checked by the VAR. As there was factual evidence that the ball was out of play in the build-up to the goal, the VAR recommended that the goal was disallowed."<br /><br />Even if the right decision was reached, fans on social media aired their opinions after watching the goal being disallowed.<br /><br />One fan on X said: The boBournemouthoal getting ruled out is a bit unfair because Newcastle wwaspreventing the corner. The opposite of an advantage and in this case, the goal should stand but the game is the game."<br /><br />A second commented: "VAR in England is rubbish. Why will Bournemouth get punished when it was a Newcastle player that prevented the corner kick from being given?"<br /><br />A third added: "Balls going out for a corner. Newcastle defender keeps it in play but Bournemouth score and then Newcastle argue it went out for a corner."<br /><br />Another fumed: "That VAR call against Bournemouth doesn't sit right. Newcastle tried to avoid a corner and benefit by essentially getting a free 30 seconds of football where if Bournemouth hits it out, Newcastle gets a goal kick, but if Bournemouth scores, it's all scrubbed for a corner."<br /><br />Kluivert would then bag his and Bournemouth's third in stoppage time, scoring his second hat-trick of the season and doing it on the ground where his father Patrick used to play.<br /><br />Milos Kerkez completed the scoring for the visitors with a stunning strike to make it 4-1.
