Michail Antonio was stunned that nothing was done about Sergio Reguilon slapping Aaron Cresswell in the face during West Ham’s 3-1 defeat to Tottenham on Sunday. as he told the Footballer’s Football Podcast.

And he reckons that was down to a couple of fans running onto the pitch to tie themselves to a post which he claims distracted the ref Anthony Taylor from doing anything.

Angry Reguilon had run towards Kurt Zouma who had aimed the ball at Heung-Min Son, who in turn fell to the floor in a theatrical manner  before Cresswell stepped in front of his teammate.

It was all pretty handbags to be fair but the idea that players can slap others in the face without something being done is pretty ridiculous in all honesty.

Antonio was clearly annoyed that nothing was done claiming that from Reguilon’s point of view the fans appeared at the right time to save him from punishment.

Mikey said: “Two fans run onto the pitch and they tried to tie themselves to the post. I feel it happened at the right time. But, I do honestly feel, because that happened, it distracted the referee from making a crucial decision for us, by the way. 

“I don’t know if people have seen it. But, one of our players got slapped in the face. And there wasn’t a decision made. 

“Kurt (Zouma) was kicking the ball out for them to take a corner and he’s hit Son in the calf with the ball. Reguilon has run over to Kurt angry. Cress (Cresswell) has stepped in front of him to push him away and he’s slapped Cress in the face.

“So, I have gone ‘there has to be a decision made here’. I have said to the ref ‘somebody has been slapped in the face. Please can you check it’. He’s gone ‘don’t worry, I’ll deal with it blah, blah’. Then the fan has run on. 

“There were four or five things for him to think about, so his mind was dealing with a lot of stuff. Then, he goes ‘everything has been checked’. I was like ‘there is no way it has been checked’. – Cress had a red mark across his face. I was shocked.”