James McArthur tries to wriggle through on the left but he keeps coming face-to-face with Villa defenders and ends up poking it out for a throw-in.

Michael Brown
Former Sheff Utd and Spurs midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Neil Taylor is having his hamstring stretched. This is why I think the drinks break is so important to assess little medical things like that and then there's the tactical input.

Can you get someone in the hole can we get a little tighter. You can get some really good information across.

Both players are in the book. Tyrone Mings thought Wilfried Zaha had left a little in on Ezri Konsa and reacted.

Mamadou Sakho also gets a yellow. Naughty!

They're all smiling now.

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Oh dear...

Tyrone Mings and Wilfried Zaha are having a little bust-up behind the goal. Martin Atkinson has to come over and sort this out.

Heated!

Conor Hourihane tries to catch out Vicente Guaita at the near post with a free-kick from the right but the keeper is alert.

Bit ambitious.

Conor Hourihane puts another ball into the box, looking for Mbwana Samatta but it's flicked away by Patrick van Aanholt - just - with John McGinn lurking behind him.

Villa are getting a few chances out wide.

Luke: That is one of the worst decisions I have seen. How many times do you see the ball go in off the shoulder and it is given. VAR also known as very average refereeing.

Christian Benteke is almost in but Neil Taylor does well to get a toe on it and Pepe Reina launches it away for a throw-in.

Taylor is jogging about a bit gingerly. Villa are holding off on making that change though.

Dan: VAR is a joke. It needs to be reviewed or binned

Richard: VAR has to go or improve vastly. It’s supposed to clear up obvious errors. There it has actually made an obvious error.

John McGinn wriggles through a few challenges in the middle and spreads it wide. Jack Grealish then drills a low ball into the middle but there's only Mbwana Samatta in there and he can't get there ahead of Vicente Guaita.

Villa need to get players forward! What have they got to lose?

Jord: That's not the arm, fact. This VAR thing is so, so dodgy. We cannot trust the officials.

Paul: What an absolute joke that is to disallow that Palace goal. It clearly hit his shoulder. Your shoulder is not your hand. Just stupid.

Nice from Villa, who lift it over and around on the left to set Jack Grealish on his way. He gets to the byline and cuts it back but can't pick out a teammate in the box.

Douglas Luiz barges into Jordan Ayew. Free-kick for Palace in the middle. Villa haven't really got going yet.

Michael Brown
Former Sheff Utd and Spurs midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

I'm lost for words. The rule book has come out to see how far up it has had to hit to be considered as his arm.

I don't know how it can't be given.

Relief for Villa! It's been ruled out!

NO GOAL.

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Michael Brown
Former Sheff Utd and Spurs midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

What a blow for Aston Villa. It was just a looped ball in from Luka Milivojevic. It was strange with no fans here. Is it a goal. Or is it not?

It looks like it has come off the back of his shoulder blade.

But hang on... has it come off the top of the arm of Sakho?

Luka Milivojevic picks out James McArthur with a diagonal ball into the box. The midfielder looked tempted to volley it before turning away and winning a throw-in.

Meanwhile, Matt Targett has been sent to warm-up for Villa. More injury problems?

Michael Brown
Former Sheff Utd and Spurs midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

This is the opportunity now for Aston Villa. It's about getting quality on the ball and not wasting chances to deliver (good balls).