Alan Shearer said “you couldn’t make it up” as he assessed the VAR fiasco at Selhurst Park.

Pervis Estupinian saw potentially his first Albion goal ruled out for offside after a lengthy review.

It later emerged there had been human error in deciding against which defender the left-back’s position should have been judged when Pascal Gross passed the ball to him.

Former England striker Shearer told viewers of BBC’s Match Of The Day: “You couldn’t make this up really.

“Estupinian gets his goal here. It then goes back to the offside.

“Have a look at Tomkins and have a look at Guehi behind him.

“They have put the line in the wrong place.

“They put it on Tomkins rather than Guehi.

“I don’t know what to say other than it has been a horrendous day for VAR.”

Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy added: “I am getting to a point where I find it really difficult to comprehend how inefficient it is.

“It’s becoming tedious.”

Presenter Gary Lineker launched the brief discussion with the words: “Deary, deary me – we’ve got another ricket.”