Gary Lineker joked VAR should have awarded Iran a late penalty out of sympathy after being handed a World Cup humiliation by England.

Iran have been 6-1 down as the sport ticked past 100 minutes within the Group B opener. However there was nonetheless time for Iran to be awarded a spot-kick out of nowhere.

Referee Raphael Claus was requested to go over to the VAR monitor to evaluation a doable foul on Iran’s Morteza Pouraliganji after England defended a free-kick.

The defender had hit the deck after battling for the ball with John Stones, with replays displaying the Manchester Metropolis defender had held of the underside of the Iran star’s shirt.

And after reviewing the footage, the referee pointed to the spot.

Iran’s Mehdi Taremi made no mistake and transformed his aspect’s penalty to safe his second purpose of the afternoon.

However ex-England striker Lineker didn’t suppose the incident warranted a penalty, main him to joke that VAR in all probability felt sorry for Iran as they conceded six objectives of their opening sport.

“It’s the one clarification!” Lineker stated when initially suggesting VAR felt sorry for Iran.

Lineker wasn’t the one England fan left confused by the choice which he deemed to be barely smooth, given Harry Maguire had been denied one within the first half for a heavier problem.

The Manchester United captain had been grappling to get on the tip of a cross when he was manhandled by Rouzbeh Cheshmi, with the Iran star placing his arms spherical Maguire from behind.

Nevertheless, regardless of England’s protests, the incident didn’t even go to evaluation.

Regardless of the last-minute penalty choice, England go high of Group B, with Wales nonetheless to face USA at 7pm – dwell on talkSPORT.