West Ham boss Moyes slams 'disrespectful' match officials after Liverpool defeat

Football
27 Apr 2023 • 7:22 AM MYT
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West Ham boss David Moyes was left furious after their 2-1 defeat at home to Liverpool.

The Hammers took a 12th-minute lead through Lucas Paqueta before Cody Gakpo and Joel Matip found the net for the visitors.

Moyes was left angry when a handball call against Thiago Alcantara was denied and he confronted ref Chris Kavanagh at the final whistle about the decision.

He said, "I can't believe it. The biggest thing is he [referee Chris Kavanagh] didn't check it, it was completely disrespectful [from the video assistant referee].

"The boy lunged at the ball, the lunge means he is out of his control and the referee doesn't give it, but what can you do? We deserved to get something out of the game. I'm disappointed we gave away some sloppy goals but the performance merited something and against a Liverpool side that's improving we merited a penalty kick.

"Liverpool played some good football at times, we did as well. There were two really good goals from distance but from our point of view their second goal was poor, we got taken under the ball and didn't stop a couple of runners.

"We've been very good at defending corners this season but I didn't like that at all. Even though we lost it doesn't feel like a defeat."