David Moyes slams officials and gives a brutal reason on subbing Kalvin Phillips after his side got a very late draw against Burnley.
David Moyes expressed his frustration once again at West Ham not being awarded a crucial late penalty for the second time in a week.
Lucas Paqueta and substitute Danny Ings netted to help the Hammers come back from 2-0 down at half time to draw 2-2 with Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday.
Despite the comeback, Moyes believed that his team should have had the chance to secure a victory from the penalty spot after Sander Berge unintentionally handled the ball late in the game.
This incident came shortly after West Ham’s unsuccessful penalty appeal in their recent Europa League match against Freiburg, where they suffered a 1-0 loss in the first leg and now face an uphill battle in the upcoming home leg to advance to the quarter-finals.
David Moyes thought two decisions went against West Ham…#BBCFootball #BURWHU pic.twitter.com/TwilVdrSNw
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) March 10, 2024
“Looks like that rule is acceptable now”
David Moyes on Sander Berge’s potential handball 🖐️ pic.twitter.com/FcdAN9uJZA
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) March 10, 2024
How did VAR miss that? pic.twitter.com/k2h0TQGyy5
— West Ham Football (@westhamfootball) March 10, 2024
David Moyes on handball decision: “I think it’s a hand ball Sander Berge heading it into his own hand, I don’t think you put your hands in front of your face when you’re going to clear the ball.
“It certainly hits his hand.” pic.twitter.com/47KrdEHVOh
— Hammers Hub (@HammersHubWHUFC) March 10, 2024
David Moyes: “We looked as though we were still hungover from the game on Thursday night [in the first half]. We didn’t start fast and we got punished. I think the second goal a few minutes before half-time was a real blow but, nevertheless, they fought incredibly hard to get back into the game and probably made enough chances to win.
“I’ve got to say, the decisions today went so badly against us. There’s the offside for the goal and one in the first half where the linesman puts his flag up when Jarrod Bowen is onside. The rules are that he has got to be sure he’s offside – he doesn’t. He puts his flag up right away. I’ve seen it and he’s onside.
“Then we’ve got Sander Berge, who heads the ball – or tries to head the ball – in front and it hits his arms. We had a situation not unlike this in midweek. What we’ve got to do is make sure that we don’t need to throw the ball in the box; we’ve got to finish and make sure we play better.
“Now and again, you need things in football matches to go for you. We had a result against Everton where things went for us. Football’s like that. Today, I just thought the small margins didn’t go [for us]. That’s no excuse for how we started the game or how we played in the first half, but I couldn’t fault the players for what they’ve done. In fact, I’d praise them for how much they’ve done in the second half.”
Moyes also gave a brutal reason why he subbed Kalvin Phillips off at half time, saying: “You’ve just asked me about the score at half-time. That probably says enough.”
Phillips was to blame when he allowed David Datro Fofana to get free and get the game’s opener for Vincent Kompany’s side.
Phillip continues to have a miserable loan spell at the club, having been sent off against Nottingham Forest and is yet to complete 90 minutes.
talkSPORT broadcaster Tom Rennie urged Moyes to “get him out” of the side, saying in a tweet on Sunday: “Kalvin Phillips is so, so, so bad. Nobody did any due diligence on that transfer.
“Accommodating Phillips has unbalanced the team. Again. Get him out, and someone on the left.”
Speaking prior to Sunday’s game, Moyes was confident that Phillips could turn his form around.
“He doesn’t need to improve, he just needed game time,” said Moyes said last week.
“The sending off set him back a bit just as he was getting up and running. Kalvin will continue to improve the more game time he gets and he is showing that at the moment. He’s a great boy to work with and he is looking to get back to the standard he set when he was with Leeds United.”
“He worked for the greatest manager in the world”
David Moyes expects midfielder Kalvin Phillips to get back to his best form when playing consistently for West Ham 👇 pic.twitter.com/SmdH8KQQok
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 8, 2024
Burnley manager Vincent Kompany said on the draw at West Ham: “If I focus just on, not so much the manner, but the timing of the two goals then they are two frustrating events in the game, one so shortly after the second half started and then the other at the very, very end of the game.
“It was a game of duels, fighting; it was a game of stopping crosses, heading crosses and it was a game of some very, very good periods for us, especially in the first half. In the second half, I think it was more about still being dangerous despite having to defend more and, with the chance at the end, you could see we were still dangerous.
“Was the team alive? Yes. Did the team fight? Yes. I want to take that into the next game and nothing else.
“We were playing against a good side. If Kudus decides he wants to take people on, it changes the game. If Paqueta wants to get on the ball, it changes the game. We can’t ever have the arrogance to come to places like this and not realise they are players who can do that. Then it’s what you bring up against it.
“If, at the end, we come away with a result, you would call it a fairly mature performance; first half you are at your best and second half, when they start coming, you hold the result.”
This is how fans reacted as David Moyes slams officials and gives a brutal reason on subbing Kalvin Phillips in the draw with Burnley…
@jodiewo70620746: Recently every VAR decision has gone against West Ham, cost us 4 points and a draw away in Europe
@Mark_Higgins69: He has to go. Setting up this team the way he does with the personnel available against vastly inferior football teams is no longer defendable.
@KeyianWHU: Moyes can blame VAR for not winning, another awful tactical display from the manager. Why is he playing JWP? In all honesty that’s a clear handball
@GordonFielden: The referee was absolutely awful, he wasted more time than Burnley Goal keeper. He yellow cards to most of the Burnley defence, and when two made clear yellow card fouls particularly “20” who got away with murder. The offside decision very very wrong, and the standard of refereeing so so poor as well as var. We can have these substances in the best league in the world, either sort it out, or the PL league needs go by the ref’s around the world an bring them in. The players don’t seem to be playing for the manager, we were almost lost to the bottom of the table team. Who have only won a point away in 45 game!!! There was confusion & are star players were awful. Luka hasn’t played well since he came back clearly off his game. JPW needs go back to his holding midfield position. Bowen there something not right with, and he’s better sort out, or he won’t be going the Euro’s. Creswell is just not first team ready. Alvarez was our best player today, and philips wasn’t bad either. If the rumours are right about Moyes being offered a contract in Saudi Arabia. I wish him all the best and make millions for his retirement, but we can keep playing this awful football when Burnley nearly beat us, you know something is very wrong. David your system is outdated and everyone knows how to keep us contained. Lastly please don’t ave a full blown row with your players on the pitch, we heard in the 9th row!!! He started with as being really excellent, but you seem to have turned him it nervous wrack.
@JoelSaffer: Are his thoughts….. I set the team up completely wrong because I’m an overly passive dinosaur?!?! Maybe he thought – I know we’ve been awful for almost 2 years but I did win a trophy last year so I’ve got good credit for another 5.
@RR1279807: Totally to blame for display, team selection and tactics! Only manager in the league that would set up like that against the bottom team 🤨
@leegaffney95: Easy to hide behind officials. Classic Moyes in, shouldn’t need to rely on that to beat the joint worst team in the division. You honestly chat so much waffle mate get a job/hobby
@PaulMags: I set the team up wrong every week. I signed three centre backs that are prone to mistakes to the point where whichever I pick is the wrong one. I play no centre forward or one up front and expect to score goals. Look what happened with two up front…
@RR1279807: Agree, defends Moyes without any substance week after week! Shocking manager, must go sooner rather than later !
@wobblyclark: Please, please @WestHam stop letting this man get away with these pathetic post-match interviews, unless he’s willing to admit his own deficiencies. Thank you, although I know you won’t listen #COYI ⚒️
@Antiguamann: We missed a lot of other good chances 🤔 I must have missed those when i was bored to tears with the negative tactics tet again, from the start and fell asleep
@td67coyi: He’s such a miserable man. Looking at this i know why the players play the way they do. I’d hate to work for a person like this.
@JoshuaHearne: Set a negative/defensive team up like that and that’s what happens. Bore off.
@Luke96475753: I can’t believe he didn’t mention the trophy we won 🤣
How is that not handball? pic.twitter.com/dzPD0VtNbp
— West Ham Football (@westhamfootball) March 10, 2024
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