Moyes: Turning off at the end was “criminal”

Dejected West Ham boss David Moyes was naturally upset when he spoke to Sky Sports cameras post-match after thee 2-1 defeat against Arsenal tonight at the Emirates.

He opened by saying there was a lot of effort by his team and not to come away with anything was really hard to take.

The manager said that West Ham should have been awarded a penalty complaining that was definitely a handball even by the old rules adding we don’t really know the rules anymore anyway to the reporter.

He praised a very good performance by his West Ham players but said the Hammers switched off when they shouldn’t have and the players had many opportunities to score plus made good chances tonight and they disappointingly didn’t take them.

The disappointed gaffer said his players did an incredible job to get in the position there were in but to switch off in the last few minutes was criminal.

He declared:  “It’s a tough result, the played really well with a great deal of effort, so to not be rewarded with some points is really hard on us.

“We didn’t go on and win the game and switched off when we shouldn’t have. We had the opportunities to score and made good chances, but we couldn’t take them. To switch off like we did in the final minutes was criminal.

“We should have definitely had a penalty; it hits the boy’s arm and might even have been a penalty under the old rules! But who knows what the rules are?”