Manchester United and Ipswich Town were forced to play without the support of VAR during their Premier League clash on Sunday.

Referee Anthony Taylor was forced to issue a short break in play, calling the two captains, Bruno Fernandes and Sam Morsy, together to provide the important update that there would be no VAR for a period of their encounter.

Jarrett Gillett and Neil Davies were in the hotseat at Stockley Park however, they were forced to take a step away from the monitors due to a fire alarm at their headquarters.

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The news emerged 10 minutes before the break and speaking on commentary, Sky Sports' Peter Drury said: "Now what's happening here is Anthony Taylor has called the captains together because we learn there's a fire alarm at Stockley Park.

"And VAR is not currently functional. There may be some of you who love that, back to the old days. It's all on the ref and his assistants now until further notice."

And in a separate statement from the Premier League, they posted on X: "The match will be operating without VAR until further notice due to a fire alarm at the VAR Hub at Stockley Park."

And just before half-time, the technology was back in fully working order. United made the perfect start under Ruben Amorim as Marcus Rashford poked home inside 80 seconds to give the visitors the lead.

The hosts were level on the stroke of half-time after Omari Hutchinson scored a superb left-footed strike from outside of the box.