How was Crystal Palace's Jordan Ayew not sent off for this?

Crystal Palace hosted Burnley in the Premier League on Monday evening, but it seems VAR took the night off.

In the second half, Palace forward Jordan Ayew retaliated to a nudge in the back by Josh Brownhill by whacking the Burnley man with what looked like a pretty clear forearm smash.

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VAR had a look at the incident, but nothing was given.

And Twitter was perplexed by the decision …

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But the Clarets had the last laugh when Ben Mee headed them in front a few minutes later.

VAR. What is it good for?

Source: onefootball.com