Rules don't only apply if players appeal when they're broken. As mentioned many times in many threads every goal is reviewed. If they spot an offside, whether the defending team called for it or not, the goal will be ruled out.
That's how Neil Swarbrick (retired prem ref, now in charge of overseeing the new guys, and quite heavily involved in the implementation of VAR) described it on an episode of 'The Debate'. There are certain queries that are factual - offside, in or out the box, out of play or not, even the new...
I thought both were holding, which, if I'm correct would be the answer.
The VAR doesn't look at the incident and ask 'would I give that?' he looks at and and asks 'can I see why the ref gave that, based on what he told me he saw?'. If the ref tells the VAR 'both were holding each other' the...