England 1-1 Uruguay: Thomas Tuchel questions ‘bad day at the office’ for officials

In a night of bizarre events, two of them centred around Target.

Whitehead headed England’s opener from a corner.

But the video assistant referee (VAR) checked Adam Wharton, who appeared to block Jimenez in the build-up.

Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright said on ITV: “Come the World Cup, they’ll probably look at it and see it as a foul.”

USA women’s head coach Emma Hayes stated, “VAR was inconsistent tonight.” “I think nine times out of 10, it’s a foul to stop someone like that, and I’m surprised it wasn’t given.”

After this came the equalising goal for Uruguay.

White and Federico Vinas came together inside the box – and the referee basically allowed play to continue. But he was asked by VAR to go to the monitor, after which he gave a penalty which Valverde scored.

“I think the referee was in an excellent position when he gave the initial decision,” former Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson said on BBC Radio 5 Live.

“It’s nothing but clumsiness on White’s part. There’s a connection, but he got the ball first. One of those decisions where if it’s not given on the field, you don’t interfere.”