West Ham United forward Pablo Felipe was criticised by pundit Clinton Morrison following their FA Cup defeat to Leeds on Sunday.
While Pablo has generally looked like a good signing for West Ham, Sunday proved a difficult day for him.
The forward had a goal disallowed by VAR in extra-time before West Ham lost to Leeds on penalties, before missing his spot-kick in the shootout.
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Sometimes when a goal is disallowed due to an offside, players can be considered unlucky. Indeed, the margins are so fine that even a toenail could be considered off.
That wasn’t the case with Pablo’s effort against Leeds, however, and Morrison noticed it.
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Shortly after Taty Castellanos had a goal ruled out for what was a marginal offside call, Pablo also saw an effort chalked off.
The January transfer window signing turned in a rebound after Jarrod Bowen’s fine strike from range came back off the post.
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Pablo went to take off his shirt in celebration but he was so badly offside that it was ruled out right away.
This was not unlucky. Pablo simply did not do enough to get himself into the right position.
Watching on for BBC Sport, Morrison was deeply unimpressed.
He said: “He’s well offside. He doesn’t even try and get himself back on. The strike by Bowen is outstanding. It’s lazy centre forward play.”
In his view, Pablo could have done a lot more to get himself into a position from which he could actually impact the game.
It’s difficult to disagree. Pablo has never really convinced for West Ham, but this felt like a big game for those who do not give him the benefit of the doubt.
He simply had to do more to get himself in a decent position there, while the fact he missed a penalty not long after made it a very difficult day at the office.
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