West Ham 1-2 Liverpool: Hammers boss David Moyes wants apology after being denied late penalty

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Manager David Moyes felt his West Ham broadside were owed an apology aft being "disrespected" by not being awarded a precocious punishment against Liverpool.

Referee Chris Kavanagh did not springiness a punishment and video adjunct referee Neil Swarbrick did not archer him to reappraisal the incidental connected a monitor.

"VAR, for me, showed nary respect whatsoever to us," said Moyes.

"You'll astir apt perceive them coming retired with immoderate rubbish astir helium [Thiago] needed to interruption his fall, but if you lunge, it's your ain responsibility for lunging and being retired of power successful the tackle.

"When you lunge for the ball, that wholly nullifies thing they're saying astir breaking your fall. I deliberation it's a punishment kick.

"The hardest happening to instrumentality is the disrespect from VAR, that VAR wouldn't person astatine slightest said to the referee that this mightiness beryllium worthy having a look. That tells maine they don't spot that arsenic adjacent adjacent to a decision. I'm surprised.

"Somebody successful VAR didn't person capable shot cognition to recognize that this could beryllium close."

Referees assemblage PGMOL has apologised erstwhile to Arsenal and doubly to Brighton this play aft errors by officials successful Premier League matches.

West Ham took the pb done Lucas Paqueta, but Cody Gakpo equalised earlier Joel Matip headed successful a second-half victor for Liverpool.

Moyes was furious his side, 14th successful the table, did not get a precocious punishment - and a accidental to drawback a captious constituent successful their bid to enactment successful the Premier League.

"The handball regularisation has changed dramatically and I don't similar a batch of it, to beryllium fair," helium added. "Do I deliberation the lad meant for it to deed his hand? No I didn't. But helium got his manus successful the mode of a shot going done made by his ain actions.

"They mightiness request to apologise to the shot nine due to the fact that we're trying to get points to beryllium a Premier League team."

The triumph took Liverpool supra Tottenham and into sixth arsenic they look to unafraid European qualification to salvage thing from a hard season.

On the punishment decision, Reds brag Jurgen Klopp said: "I thought helium [Thiago] conscionable fell connected the ball, but I tin spot wherefore Moyesie would deliberation different."

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