Manchester City fans have questioned Jamie Carragher's claims that VAR was "at its best" during their weekend clash against Tottenham Hotspur.

In the dying minutes, Pep Guardiola thought his side had snatched all three points after Gabriel Jesus finished expertly following a corner.

However, the goal was disallowed with VAR ruling that Aymeric Laporte had handled the ball in the build up.

Under the new Premier League rules, any goal that is scored or created with the use of a hand or arm will be disallowed.

Jamie Carragher praised the use of the technology after the match, saying VAR was "at its best".

"I think VAR has taken some unjust criticism," he said on Sky Sports. "I think in some cases it has been absolutely fantastic and a massive success and that was evident in what happened in the last minute at Man City.

"VAR was brilliant on this. If people have got a problem, it is with the law. I personally think handball should be disallowed if the person scores with the hand, not sets one up. But it is there in law. So that is VAR at its best.

"It spots something that no-one else has spotted, that's what it's there for. Also a lot of the players coming out and saying 'what is this rule? What if it hits the defender, does it count?"

City fans were quick to take to social media to question Carragher's claims after Rodri was floored by Erik Lamela in the penalty box earlier in the game and VAR did not intervene.

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When MEN Sport put the Rodri foul to the Premier League after full-time and they offered the following response.

"The VAR is constantly monitoring the match.

"VAR will be used only for 'clear and obvious errors' or 'serious missed incidents' in four match-changing situations: goals; penalty decisions; direct red-card incidents; and mistaken identity.

"But factual decisions such as offsides, and the issue of whether a player is inside or outside the penalty area, are not subject to the 'clear and obvious' test.

"If the VAR sees an error has been made in such a situation they will intervene, regardless of how marginal the decision is.

"There will be a high bar for the VARs to intervene on subjective decisions, to maintain the pace and intensity of matches."