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HAND BAWLS

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Vincent
Published date18 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
The Hammers had two goals chalked off for handball as they were held to a draw by Unai Emery's side

The first was scored by Michail Antonio and the second deep into injury time when the ball went in off Jarrod Bowen after Tomas Soucek handled, which led to a check of almost six minutes.

In the first half, Mohammed Kudus also had the ball in the net though an earlier foul on Emiliano Martinez led to that strike being ruled out too.

A frustrated Moyes said: "I've got nothing to say on the VAR decisions. You can contact Howard (Webb) yourselves and get the results."

Asked if he will contact PGMOL boss Webb himself, Hammers manager Moyes said: "No."

And he added: "Burnley last week, Freiburg last week, two today. Four handballs this week that didn't go for us.

"You've got VAR so if VAR thinks it's right they've got a chance to look at things so they must be right.

"Football people see things differently. We think they are goals but VAR are the ones who decide, not us."

Boos rang out around the London Stadium when the whistle followed not long after West Ham thought they had won the game.

On the length of the check, Moyes said: "It probably meant that they thought they'd seen something that was wrong. It's up to them how long they take."

Meanwhile, Unai Emery hailed "fantastic" Nicolo Zaniolo and hopes the attacking midfielder remains in the right mood for the rest of the season. Zaniolo marked his second-half cameo off the bench with the equaliser.

And Villa manager Emery said...

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