Southampton striker Charlie Austin was furious after their 1-1 draw with Watford.

Austin's late strike was disallowed by referee Simon Hooper as Maya Yoshida was adjudged to have been offside.

Watford scored a late equaliser through Jose Holebas leaving Saints sitting just above the relegation zone on goal difference.

Austin fumed to Sky Sports: "It's ridiculous, they shouldn't be in the game.

"We scored a perfectly good goal that was ruled out for offside. The officials cost us two points. They said it was offside, that is a joke.

"People go on about VAR, they clearly need help. If this is the best, most-watched league in the world then give them all the help they need. It is a joke.

"Sure there are many positives, we worked hard, we deserved three points and we would have got that had we not been let down by the official.

"We feel like we have been let down. I started well, worked hard to be up 1-0 at half-time and we stuck to the plan.

"We didn't get beat but we should have gotten away with three points going into the international break.

"The performance was there, we can take that away and we should manage the game. I'm angry is what it is, we should have won 2-0."