Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez was furious with the manner of their 2-1 defeat at home to Wolves.

Benitez felt Willy Boly's elbow into the face of Ayoze Perez, plus DeAndre Yedlin's borderline red card offer concrete evidence that the Premier League needs to bring VAR straight away - not next season.

He said: “Losing is always something that you don't expect, but in a game that you were controlling and we were doing enough at least to create chances and have the possibility to win the game, then you see these incidents, the red card and after, the elbow in the face of Ayoze that is a penalty and a red card.

“The summary is that you lose three points and you see the table and you have to keep fighting in very difficult circumstances."

When asked about Boly's elbow, Benitez said: “I saw the replay and we need VAR right now."

The United boss was asked about Perez's displeasure after the game following a tunnel row.

He said: “You can see the replay.

“I was praising the referees after a player was talking and they fined me.

“Imagine how I feel now.

“You can see the two incidents in the video.

“It was unbelievable."