Wayne rues ‘ridiculous ref error’

By Cal Thompson

SOUTHAMPTON 3
Harwood-Bellis 9, Alcaraz 22, A Armstrong 86

BIRMINGHAM C 1
Stansfield 58

STAR MAN
ADAM ARMSTRONG Southampton

WAYNE Rooney is adamant he doesn’t want VAR in the Championship, despite his Birmingham City side being denied a clear penalty in their defeat to Southampton.
Gavin Bazunu wiped out Oliver Burke just before halftime when the score was 2-0, but referee David Webb waved away the shouts. Instead, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Carlos Alcaraz and Adam Armstrong’s goals condemned Rooney to his third-straight defeat as Birmingham manager.
“These decisions...

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