Former Premier League official Dermot Gallagher has acknowledged that Chelsea should have been awarded a penalty against West Ham United.
As the game headed into the closing stages, the two teams were locked at 1-1 with Emerson Palmieri having cancelled out Joao Felix's opening goal.
However, moments after West Ham had been denied a second goal due to offside, they arguably should have conceded a spot kick at the other end.
Although Conor Gallagher's strike from the edge of the penalty area was unlikely to have led to a goal, it was prevented from reaching the target due to Tomas Soucek's hand.
After the referee waved away Chelsea's strong appeals, VAR matched the on-field official in wasting little time in dismissing those claims.
In the aftermath, Potter, in a mild manner, suggested that his team deserved to feel hard done by in being denied the chance to take the lead from 12 yards.
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Speaking on Sky Sports News on Monday morning to address a wide range of poor VAR and refereeing decisions over the weekend, Gallagher admitted that Chelsea should have been given a penalty.
Gallagher said: "Definite penalty. I've spoken to very, very few people who did not think this was a penalty.
"The VAR felt that it fell into this bracket of him falling and hitting his arm on the floor, but if you look at Soucek, he doesn't fall to the floor, he dives towards the ball.
"That is almost a goalkeeper-type movement. I think VAR got seduced by the arm on the floor."
The law was recently changed where handball would not be given if a player required to use his hand or arm for balance when falling to the floor.
With Chelsea unable to force a winner after that incident, they ended the weekend still sitting 10 points adrift of the Champions League spots in the Premier League table.
Darren Plant
