David James
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast

Over the last decade, Manchester United are not that much better than Tottenham. They are not a title contender, as much as Manchester United fans want them to be.

If you look at the realistic position of Manchester United, [Erik] ten Hag is underperforming as the manger, yeah, but he’s not underperforming by half a league. Mid-table, at the moment, is where Manchester United need to be. I think he’s got a little bit more time left.

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MOTD

Speaking on Match of the Day about Chris Wood after the Nottingham Forest striker scored twice in Friday's 3-1 win at Leicester, Alan Shearer said: "He is unbelievable. He is in the form of his life. He is in the place where you're not hoping you are going to score goals, instead you actually know you're going to go out and score them.

"He is just full of confidence. He scored two very different goals against Leicester. For the first one, it is his movement to go into the box and get around the defenders, then his first touch and the swivel, then how he wraps his foot around the ball the way that he did.

"He had no other thought in his mind. He knew exactly where the goal was and there wasn't even one thought about passing it to anyone else. He just wanted to get the shot away - and why shouldn't he with the form he is in?

"For his second goal, he is just too strong for Wout Faes. His awareness of where he is, where the goalkeeper is and what he has to do is so impressive. It was a clever finish to just guide it in with his head, over the goalkeeper. It should be a great feeling for him."

Kevin: Hi Phil, amid a weekend of controversial VAR calls and late wins and equalisers, do you think the most underrated team at the moment is Nottingham Forest? A 3-1 East Midlands Derby win, last on MOTD and up to 7th in the table with a 4th place goalscorer in Chris Wood? I think they deserve so much more recognition for their achievements.

Phil: Hi, Neil. Fully agree. Nottingham Forest deserve great praise for that they have done so far this season, although I do think they have been getting credit – and what a season Chris Wood is having.

Nuno has quietly put a Forest team together in exactly the way he likes. Solid defence, pace on the flanks and a central goal threat – very much like he did at Wolves.

The atmosphere at The City Ground is always special and it will be even better if Forest’s form carries on.

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Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on the Football Daily podcast

I'd love a pound for every time Erik ten Hag uses the word 'process'. I was in Istanbul watching them last week [against Fenerbahce] and they put in a decent performance but a team like Manchester United can't be 14th in the Premier League having won only three games at the start of the season.

He seems very resilient, he seems very robust from any outside criticism. He's going to do it his way but they are where they are. It is unacceptable for a team that has spent £600m-plus. The manager has been given players he wants and he's had all the excuses he needs taken away from him.

He has been backed, he has been given a new contract and he has got all the players that he wants. Results and performances on the pitch will decide his future. For Manchester United, a defeat was damning.

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Gary Neville on Sky Sports:, external "[Erik] ten Hag is asking for trouble. He is 14th in the league, nine games in. I know it is the start of the season but that's 25% of the season gone.

"It will be a big worry for everybody in the club and the fans that are watching because they should have been up today. I thought West Ham were really poor but United should have been 2-0 up but they lost again. They are 14th in the league and they have spent a fortune."

Mike, Stockport: Hi Phil, after the shocking penalty decision at the London Stadium, I fully expect the PGMOL to send an apology to Manchester United. This will be the second apology to United for bad decisions already and we are only in October. Is VAR in crisis?

Phil: Morning, Mike. I was at Arsenal yesterday so needed to look at Match Of The Day 2 for this one – and totally agree with the pretty much unanimous view that this was an horrendous decision.

It was never a penalty and referee David Coote was right not to give it. Why Michael Oliver, as the video assistant referee (VAR), felt the need to get involved is beyond me. It was a serious injustice for Matthijs de Ligt and Manchester United.

This was the opposite of what VAR was brought in for and was meant to achieve.

This was the guidance outlined to referees before the start of the season: "The referee's call should stand unless the VAR, based on readily available evidence, can see without doubt the on-pitch official has made a clear mistake. In the absence of that clear evidence, the referee’s call will stand."

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Now then, the BBC's chief football writer Phil McNulty has joined us and is ready to answer your questions.

We'll bring his answers to you over the next hour or so, along with more reaction to Sunday's games, but in the meantime you're more than welcome to keep the questions coming.

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Kyle: I hate the lack of consistency in the Premier league. It's an absolute joke. That was never a penalty in a million years for West Ham and how one of the most experienced officials in the VAR booth could send him over is an absolute disgrace.

West Ham United

Asked about the penalty decision, West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui said: "I didn't see it. The players say it's a penalty and the referee says it is a penalty, so I am sure they are right.

"I prefer to highlight that, after they scored, we kept the energy and positive momentum to win the match. I prefer to keep that energy."

Speaking on his Gary Neville podcast, external about West Ham's penalty, the former Manchester United defender said: "It's not right that one. Every team gets a bad decision but that wasn't right.

"The interesting thing was he must have watched it eight times when he went to the monitor. I'm screaming at the TV 'he doesn't think it's a penalty' but then he overturns his original decision.

"I think the pressure maybe of being sent over to the screen by Michael Oliver, a dominant referee, no-one likes to upset their superiors.

"I'm not sure David Coote was anywhere near thinking it was a penalty, and it was a big shock."

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Nigel Reo-Coker
Former West Ham midfielder on the Football Daily podcast

I think time has run out [for Erik ten Hag]. I think right now they are just waiting to see what the best option is and what the best next move is for Manchester United.

One of the things you have to think about is, are you going to get a manager just to fill in the gap again or are you now going to find the right manager for the real long-term plan and development, and trying to compete to where you want to be and where the club should be competing, so that's the big decision.

I think for me, the Erik ten Hag era is pretty much over. I think now the big decision that has to be made is, who's next and who's going to fit what the goal and the dream and ambition of this club is.

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Anon: 09:02 @Martin - That’s exactly why we don’t see any improvement with VAR. As fans we should be asking for better but as usual, petty bias gets in the way of progress!

John Murray
BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent

It is a surprise [that the referee was sent to the monitor]. I thought we were going the other way. I thought there was that non-interventionist style of VAR. More like what we are used to seeing in the Champions League with the officials there. Unless they absolutely have to [interfere], they leave it to the referee's on-field decision.

So it was a surprise to me that Michael Oliver, one of the best referees in Europe, decided to call David Coote to have another look at that. Of course, as soon as that happens, you know what the result is going to be.

I can understand Manchester United and Erik ten Hag's frustrations, certainly with that, but again they have to look at themselves. They weren't able to take the chances and that's a recurring problem for Manchester United.

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Manchester United

Here's what Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag had to say after Sunday's game: "We know, we have to score. We created so many chances, at half-time we should have been 2-0 or 3-0 up.

"But it feels very unfair, an injustice, the way we concede the penalty. There was an incident but it was so difficult to see, and before the season we had the instruction that only with a clear and obvious mistake then the VAR has to interfere. This is definitely not a clear and obvious mistake by the referee on the field."

Nigel Reo-Coker
Former West Ham midfielder on the Football Daily podcast

It's not often I agree with Erik ten Hag but this is one of the few times I will - it wasn't a penalty.

It's one of those where you want your defender to put a presence and a body there. There is a lot going on in such a short moment of time. It's more of a coming together and it's not really a penalty in my opinion - stone cold, 100% not a penalty.

I do feel for Manchester United, it was harshly done. It wasn't a terrific or great performance from United anyway, but in that big moment there, it wasn't a penalty.

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What are your thoughts?

Should Michael Oliver have intervened? Did the officials follow their own guidance on potentially overturning the 'referee's call'?

Plenty of you have already let us know your views but please keep them coming.

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MOTD2

You can view the penalty incident below and hear the thoughts of Micah Richards and Stephen Warnock on Match of the Day 2.

Richards says: "It's not a penalty. I feel sorry for [Matthijs] De Ligt, [Danny] Ings has sort of jumped into him."

Warnock adds: "It looks clumsy for De Ligt but it's that close, the proximity, what's he meant to do? It's a coming together, it's not a penalty. This is one that VAR has got wrong. I just don't think there was any need to step in on that decision."