Tottenham get VAR verdict after Richarlison goal disallolwed against Crystal Palace

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The Premier League Match Centre has explained why Tottenham's goal against Crystal Palace was chalked off for offside. Richarlison thought he had scored from close range at Selhurst Park following a cross from Pedro Porro, only for the strike to be disallowed.

In Spurs' initial attack, the Brazilian believed he had netted two goals in as many games when he sent the ball past Dean Henderson. However, the video assistant referee (VAR) reversed the decision after replays revealed that Lucas Bergvall was offside during the build-up.

Bergvall received the ball in an offside position before passing it to Porro. Replays confirmed that Richarlison was onside, despite it initially appearing that he may have been slightly ahead of play.

The Match Centre clarified the reason for the goal being overturned on X, previously known as Twitter . They stated: "VAR checked the referee's call of goal – and established that Bergvall was in an offside position in the build-up and recommended that the goal was disallowed."

The disallowed goal was the match's first real opportunity, with both teams finding it difficult to create chances. After Richarlison's goal was ruled out, Palace began to assert themselves, with Jean-Philippe Mateta coming close with a right-footed attempt, reports Football London .

Fortunately, Tottenham went into the break in south London ahead thanks to Archie Gray's goal. The midfielder headed home from a corner after good play from Kolo Randal Muani and Richarlison to put Spurs ahead.

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Spurs arrived for the London clash sitting 14th in the Premier League table following a disappointing loss to Liverpool in their previous match. Despite this, Thomas Frank has insisted he isn't losing any sleep over his team's slow start.

"The good thing is I've always been a good sleeper, so I think that's helpful!" he quipped. "But of course you can feel that the thoughts are just underneath you. Sometimes we've all experienced that with work.

"They've been there a long time because there's a lot of things to sort out. We want to be successful, we want to be consistent. There's all small different bits we'd like to improve. It's completely open and transparent.

"I think it's also clear that we are searching to find a very consistent, competitive team week in, week out. When you get small setbacks and don't get the right response you try something new or you stick to it."