Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers said she would be happy to see the introduction of VAR after two key refereeing decisions meant that her side drew 1-1 against Chelsea.

Stina Blackstenius and Frida Maanum both had goals disallowed in the second half.

On Blackstenius’s goal being ruled out for handball, Slegers told Sky Sports: “We were very surprised. I don’t see any players calling for it. We watched it back. It’s hard watching it back from one angle, but it doesn’t look like handball, so that’s frustrating, of course.”

On Maanum’s late goal that they thought was a winner, she was more understanding, saying: “The angle is really hard to see. For me, in retrospect, watching it on video, being able to pause, it’s hard for me to see – it’s really hard for the referee on the pitch in action to see as well.”

Renee Slegers: It’s fine margins

And reflecting more broadly on the impact of marginal officiating decisions, Slegers said: “It’s a game where you see momentum shifts, Chelsea are on top of us at the start of the game, and we come back and we show such mentality in the game and so much quality....