Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson slams handball rule as 'nonsense'

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson believes the handball laws currently in place are not the right ones for the game, following his side's defeat against Everton

Roy Hodgson has branded the rules on handball as "nonsense" after Crystal Palace suffered their first defeat of the Premier League season to Everton.

Just before the end of the first half, Joel Ward was penalised by a VAR check for handball after a downward header from Lucas Digne hit his wrist that was away from his body. The Crystal Palace defender had already survived a similar handball check earlier in the game.

According to the International Football Association Board, if the ball hits the hand of a player who has made their body "unnaturally bigger" then a foul will be awarded.