Ian Holloway has clarified that he doesn't hold the EU responsible for the controversial new handball rule in Premier League football.

The former QPR manager appeared on Sky Sports’ The Debate on Tuesday night and told viewers that the EU shouldn't be "telling us what we do with our game".

The comments came after discussing Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur where Pep Guardiola’s side were denied an injury-time winner when VAR adjudged the ball brushed the hand of defender Aymeric Laporte before Gabriel Jesus swept home the winner.

Holloway told viewers he was against the rule before leading onto comments regarding Brexit.

"I hope we get out, Brexit, because that's what we all voted for," he said "And sort that out because you cannot have someone telling us how to do our own game."

Speaking to the Mirror today, the 56-year-old wanted to clear up any confusion that he was somehow suggesting Brexit was connected with the new football ruling.

The outspoken manager urged the FA to act on the matter, while also calling on the government to deliver Brexit.

"FIFA and UEFA have brought these rules in, they told us we've got to use VAR that I’ve got no problem with, but that handball rule that they’ve made up, I don’t want to listen to them. That’s nonsensical," he said.

"Brexit is nothing to do with the football rules, is it? I’m not that stupid, so I suggest people wash their ears out and listen."

"As an English person, I’m sick and fed up of being told what we’ve got to do. Our country is fantastic. If you let us make our own rules up, do what we want to do, we’ll be in control of it a lot better."

His comments have been ridiculed in some quarters, but the outspoken manager, whose last job in management was with QPR bfore departing in May 2018, is sticking to his guns on both subject matters.

"I don’t like UEFA and I don’t like FIFA telling us what we should do in our English football game. We should take control of our own game, then that wouldn’t have happened.

"Let’s get out and stop the EU dictating to us what we can do. I feel exactly the same with Uefa and Fifa over our football."