Wolves captain Conor Coady hit out at what he called the Premier League's ridiculous use of VAR after his side were on the receiving end of two controversial decisions in their 1-0 defeat to Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Sadio Mane's winner late in the first half had initially been disallowed by referee Anthony Taylor for handball by Adam Lallana in the build-up, only for a lengthy VAR intervention to overturn the decision and award the goal.
Wolves were then denied an equaliser two minutes later as Jonny Otto was deemed marginally offside by the video assistant before squaring to Pedro Neto, who fired into the bottom corner.
A seething Coady, who came through the Liverpool academy, called for better communication between the authorities, officials and players as the VAR technology is implemented in England’s top flight.
"We feel massively hard done by. I can't get my head around it. It’s ridiculous," Coady told Sky Sports.
"For me it (VAR) is not working. Some people are saying it gets the right decision but we're the players on the pitch and it doesn't feel right to me. Anthony Taylor is a great fellow to speak to, but I ask a question and I don't get an answer."
Coady explained that his side’s main grievance was not from the decision reached over Lallana’s control, but because they felt the ball had been handled earlier in the move by Virgil van Dijk, whose long pass to Lallana led to the goal.
"It is horrible for me, it is tough to take," he said. "We thought Van Dijk handballed it, but the referee tells me Van Dijk is too far away. He played the pass. VAR is affecting the game. No-one has asked us (players) about it.
"It is still confusing, I can't get my head around it, you don't get answers on the pitch.
"In the second half we controlled the game and nullified Liverpool to hardly anything; but it is so disappointing that we are stood here talking about VAR rather than the game and the way Wolves played."
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo refused to discuss VAR's impact on the game afterwards but his counterpart Jurgen Klopp said: "I think Nuno wasn't happy with the VAR procedure.
"What can we say about the decision? For me, I was surprised when the whistle came for the handball. I thought it was a clear shoulder from the first second. But how can you be sure? So it took a while.
"After three minutes the decision was done. I saw immediately a kind of relief for a second, we are human beings so that's normal.
"But the next long ball we weren't there for the second ball, Adam makes a foul. Free-kick, corner, (Wolves) goal. It didn't count obviously but it brought the momentum to their side.
"They were really aggressive and really angry with us as well, we had nothing do with that situation but sometimes that's how it happens."
Klopp admits what his side have done at the midpoint of their season could not be matched by many teams but he expects a real fight for the next 19 matches.
Liverpool's victory made it 18 wins and a draw so far as they re-established their 13-point lead at the top.
"If it would be easy to win the amount of games we have done then more teams would have done it. It's not easy," said the German.
"We have to fight with all we have. I couldn't be more proud of what they did a gain to get that result over the line. It was just impressive. I'm really happy about that.
"But there is a long way to go for all of us. Everybody asks me what it was like in 2019 - my 2019 team was brilliant but that's not important, we count seasons, not years.
"The 2019-20 season is not over. We are halfway there. There are 19 games to play. That's a lot and probably 19 of them will be like this tonight, for different reasons.
"We will be facing teams who will be fighting for the league with all they have, and the fight for the Champions League and Europa League has opened up again.
"We have to be ready. Who cares about points in December? We have just created a basis we can work with from now on."
Meanwhile, Liverpool are investigating an alleged incident between Wolves defender Jonny and a ball boy during the game at Anfield.
The club are looking into claims the Spaniard came into contact with the youngster while trying to retrieve a ball in front of the Kenny Dalglish Stand.
"The club is aware of the incident and will follow established protocols in terms of gathering the relevant information," Liverpool said in a statement.
"While that process takes place we will be making no further comment."
It is understood Wolves are aware of the alleged incident but are awaiting further feedback from Liverpool.
