David Moyes could face an FA charge after accusing VAR of ‘disrespecting’ West Ham United on Wednesday night.
West Ham lost to Liverpool two days ago, and David Moyes was fuming after the game because the referee failed to award his side a late penalty kick.
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Liverpool midfielder Thiago clearly handled the ball inside his own penalty but both Chris Kavanagh and those operating VAR chose to completely ignore the incident.
One suspects that had that happened at the other end of the pitch, Liverpool might have been given the decision in their favour.
The Hammers fans were fuming and rightly so. Moyes clearly was apoplectic after the game as well…
David Moyes could face an FA charge after accusing VAR of ‘disrespecting’ West Ham
The Scot spoke to reporters after the Hammers’ 2-1 defeat to Liverpool and absolutely slaughtered VAR for failing to have a closer look at the Thiago handball incident, as quoted by Football.London:
“I think it’s a penalty kick. I don’t know what else I’ve got to say. I think the hardest thing to take is the disrespect from VAR, that VAR wouldn’t have at least said to the referee that this might be worth having a look. That’s telling me that they don’t see that as even close to a decision. So I’m surprised, because a lot of football people, a lot of football are in here and people who write, I bet you’ve seen a lot worse than that recently.”
As a result of those comments, David Moyes now faces an FA charge, according to The Daily Mail.
FA officials are set to approach the West Ham boss and ask him to respond about his comments on VAR.
If found guilty of improper conduct, the Hammers manager could face a fine or even a touchline ban in extreme cases.
Let’s be real here though. What Moyes said about VAR was absolutely spot on. How they didn’t even deem the incident to be worthy of a second check was absolutely ludicrous. West Ham deserved a penalty kick, and Moyes was absolutely right to bring up the shambolic decision making from the officials after the match.
The lawmakers and the officials need to do better.
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