West Ham fans can feel rightly aggrieved after QPR were awarded a controversial penalty during their Championship clash.Tomas Soucek was adjudged to have fouled Paul Smyth in the area early on in the first half on Friday night.West Ham could not believe that the referee awarded a penalty against them after Soucek’s challengeShutterstock EditorialReferee Ruebyn Ricardo hesitated every so slightly before pointing to the spot in favour of QPR.Soucek looked gobsmacked and replays show that not only did he win the ball, but the tackle was made outside of the box.Nicolas Madsen then scored from 12 yards to put the visitors ahead at the London Stadium.However, if VAR was used in the Championship, then there is a good chance the decision would have been overturned.What has been said about QPR’s penalty?Reacting on Thank Football It’s Friday, co-host Ade Oladipo said: “We all moan about VAR.“Soucek just put in one of the best tackles you will ever see, and it’s been given as a penalty, it’s a disgraceful decision.”Rory Jennings then stated: “Tomas Soucek has put in, honestly, the most perfectly timed tackle.“It is absolutely inch-perfect, it’s a sort of match-defining tackle.“It’s like you have made the ideal tackle at the ideal time, it’s precise, it’s pinpoint, it’ exact and you have executed it to perfection.“And suddenly, you have conceded a penalty, West Ham are losing 1-0 to QPR at home, and they have been robbed.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/WHUQPR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwQPR made the most of the penalty, but there could be a case for the introduction of VAR in the leagueGetty“They should not be 1-0 down, they should not have conceded a penalty.”Oladipo then added: “You know when a referee goes into his office at half-time, and they’ve got TV monitors in there, and sees that.“Does he just make a beeline for Nuno (Espirito Santo, West Ham boss) and just apologise straight away? It’s so bad.”Should VAR be in the Championship?VAR has been a constant source of controversy in the Premier League since it was introduced in the 2019/20 campaign due to inconsistency with decisions such as penalties and red cards.Clubs even went to a vote about scrapping it from the top flight two years ago, but it has remained since then.Earlier this season, there were calls for the Championship to bring in VAR after Aune Heggebo scored for West Brom at Norwich City.VAR is only present in the top league of English football, but there could be a push for it to appear lower down the pyramidGettyReplays show that the ball went in off his arm during the 2-1 win and, despite Norwich’s protests, the goal stood.The Football Association later handed Heggebo a two-match ban for ‘successfully deceiving a match official’.VAR would likely have overturned the goal, but talkSPORT host Jeff Stelling explained why it should not be introduced in the EFL.“Nobody, I would say 90 per cent of EFL fans do not want VAR anywhere near the game,” he claimed.