David Moyes criticises Mohamed Salah
Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 on Saturday evening after West Ham went ahead after ten minutes.
Mohamed Salah struck a penalty shortly before half-time and substitute Diogo Jota netted five minutes from the end after Pablo Fornals had given the Hammers an early lead.
Referee Kevin Friend pointed to the spot after Salah had fallen theatrically to the ground having been kicked on the sole of his foot by West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku.
And an unhappy Moyes said: “I don’t think it’s a penalty kick. I think he throws himself to the ground. Arthur stops expecting the referee to do something because of the way he (Salah) threw himself to the ground and it went the other way.
“That shouldn’t take away a lot of the positives from the game. We did a lot of good things tonight and we are really disappointed we didn’t take anything from the game.”
Liverpool’s winner came when Shaqiri threaded the ball through the legs of West Ham’s Fabian Balbuena for fellow substitute Jota to score his third goal in as many games but if Moyes’ explanation is to be accepted then yesterday’s game was certainly not among Fab’s best.
He was guilty of a couple of blunders which could easily have led to goals in the first half.
Moyes said: “I didn’t think Fabby needed to rush up to Shaqiri in the first place. I thought he could have waited.
“By coming out, he made his mind up for him. If he (Shaqiri) meant it, I don’t know, I couldn’t be sure, we need to look at it again to see if that was the case.
