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Wolves thought they had grabbed a late equaliser in their Premier League clash with West Ham but Max Kilman's header was ruled out in a decision which bemused and angered in equal measure. 

Gary O'Neil was beside himself post-match and raged at the VAR call, labelling it 'a scandalous decision. Terrible. Horrendous.'

Wolves substitute Tawanda Chirewa was in an offside position, in close proximity to Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski, when Kilman headed into the net. 

Irrespective of Chirewa's position, Fabianski was unlikely to have been able to save the Wolves skipper's attempt from such close range. 

However, according to the Premier League, as per the laws of the game, Chirewa was 'preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing opponent’s line of vision'.