West Ham manager David Moyes admitted that referee Anthony Taylor become right to give Arsenal a penalty and that Vladimir Coufal’s tackle must were higher.
The Hammers lost 2-zero the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday courtesy of second-1/2 desires. However, it is able to have been at the least three-zero had Alexandre Lacazette netted from 12 yards.
The Frenchman won the spot-kick in a challenge from Czech Republic global Coufal.
The defender slid in and at the same time as he made touch with the ball, his follow-via on Lacazette pressured Taylor to point to the spot. VAR did check it and decided no longer to intrude.
Coufal did, even though, obtain a second yellow card and a next pink.
Moyes instructed BT Sport of the incident: “”I suppose we’ve had a weekend just long gone of really tender penalty kicks and I assume that Anthony Taylor might have this one proper.
“We do get the ball and I’d like to say that, but I think Vladimir should have were given a higher contact at the ball. He must have either got his foot to it and were given the ball away, or if he’s going to block it he’s were given to get a fuller touch on the ball.
“I still think the referee on the pitch may want to have quite effortlessly now not given it due to the touch.
“I suppose the follow-through become one of the motives for it, he should have toe-poked the ball away or blocked it, I don’t think it become that difficult a tackle to make.”
In any case, dreams from Gabriel Martinelli and replacement Emile Smith Rowe received the day for Arsenal.
