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West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini discusses the use of VAR after his team's 0-5 defeat to Man City in the first game of the 2019/20 Premier League season. Raheem Sterling got Manchester City's title defence off to a flying start with a hat-trick at West Ham as VAR made its mark in the Premier League for the first time. Gabriel Jesus struck in the first half and Sergio Aguero came off the bench to score a penalty in a thumping 5-0 win for the champions. However, City were denied another after a goal was disallowed by VAR for the first time in the Premier League, when Sterling was ruled offside by a matter of millimetres. Then VAR ruled Aguero's spot-kick, initially saved by Lukasz Fabianski, should be retaken as Declan Rice had encroached into the penalty area. The Argentinian did not make the same mistake twice. West Ham actually played some slick football for the opening 25 minutes, but still found themselves on the end of another hiding - in five visits to the London Stadium, City have scored 22 and conceded once.