Video: £92k-a-week Tottenham star confronts referee after VAR disallows goal v Sporting

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Tottenham Hotspur were left raging after VAR ruled out a late winner against Sporting CP in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Spurs battled back from a dismal first half to get back into the game and equalise through Rodrigo Bentancur 10 minutes from time.

Ivan Perisic swung in a corner and the £20million ace outjumped Antonio Adan to head in from six yards out.

Tottenham had equalised after former Spurs gem Marcus Edwards had opened the scoring for the visitors.

What followed after the hosts’ equaliser was a frantic end to the game where both sides pushed for a winner.

In the fifth minute of injury time, it looked as though Tottenham had found it.

Perisic swung in a cross which Emerson Royal headed down and Harry Kane turned and poked home from three yards out.

Spurs wildly celebrated what they thought was the winner, but a tense wait followed due to the VAR check.

Dramatic end to Champions League clash

Concern turned to outrage as VAR adjudged the England captain to be in an offside position.

Makkelie held up his hand to disallow the goal.

It was deemed that Emerson’s header had travelled forwards, not backwards, making Kane offside.

Antonio Conte was sent off for his protestations over the decision.

And the cameras caught Eric Dier’s remonstrations with referee Danny Makkelie.

As Dier asked to explain why Kane’s goal didn’t stand, the Dutch official replied: “It was offside.”

The £92,000-a-week Spurs star then responded: “But why? Why? The ball went backwards!”

But as per The Express, it would appear that the decision may have been correct.

The direction a ball is played is irrelevant for offside.

Kane’s offside position was still relevant as the deflection would not have been deemed as a ‘deliberate play’.

Despite the draw, Spurs remain top of Group D ahead of their final fixture away to Marseille.

Tottenham are a point ahead of both Sporting and Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Bundesliga side climbed to third with a 2-1 win over the French outfit.