southampton manager ralph hasenhuettl took issue with what he perceived to be double standards from the video assistant referee var in two decisions during their 21 home loss to wolverhampton wanderers in the premier league on sundaywolves equalised with a penalty after ryan bertrand had attempted to tuck his arm in as nelson semedo took a shot which struck the southampton fullback and was given as handball allowing ruben neves to score from the spotminutes later saints players were upset when the ball appeared to strike wolves defender leander dendonckers upper arm but the referee and var denied the home side a penaltyim normally a big fan and if var followed the rules it would be easy i dont know what var martin atkinson saw today but theyre not doing a good job at the moment then it does destroy the game hasenhuettl told reporterswe hope we have more luck with the var in future the referee graham scott explained that ryans arm was stretched away from the body but it was the shot which took the arm awayif its the rule then he has to explain to me why the one in the other box wasnt a penalty the var can but i couldnt speak to var its the issue we have as games are not being decided in the stadium but in var hub stockley parkhasenhuettl suggested teams should be awarded free kicks instead of penalties in such situationsi dont think either are penalties but if you give the first one you have to give the second he addedi dont know what the var saw in this situation its hard to understand but we have to accept iti will always speak about why a freekick isnt given in these situations for handball that way it doesnt make it so harsh and so decisive in this gamepedro neto scored the winner in the 66th minute after danny ings had given the hosts a halftime lead saints dropped to 13th place after the loss a point below wolves with a game in hand