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Moyes incensed by late penalty calls after Sheffield United deny West Ham

  • Challenge on Areola and non-award for Bowen enrage manager
  • ‘We don’t know what referees are going to do,’ says Moyes

David Moyes claimed the level of officiating has plunged so low that no one knows what referees are “going to do”, after chaotic scenes in stoppage time at Bramall Lane. The West Ham manager was unhappy at the referee, Michael Salisbury, ­awarding a late penalty to Sheffield United, scored by Oli McBurnie in the 103rd minute, before refusing to give ­Jarrod Bowen a penalty at the other end 60 seconds later.

McBurnie’s equaliser made it 2-2 for Sheffield United and, when Bowen and Anel Ahmedhodzic came together in the hosts’ area a minute later, Salisbury’s decision incensed Moyes, who also believed his goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola, had been fouled in the buildup to McBurnie’s spot-kick. Moyes said: “I’m certainly not going to talk about any referees. I don’t want to get myself in trouble. You should ask the referee [about these decisions]. We’ve got to a stage now where we are settling for a level of officiating where we are all ­shrugging our shoulders and ­saying: ‘OK.’ I’m shrugging my shoulders again, we don’t know what they are going to do.”

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