Slav’s rage: “It wasn’t a penalty and it’s so clear

Slaven Bilic has declared that the late spot kick for Chelsea which gave them a share of the Stamford Bridge spoils should never have been awarded.

“It was a great game of football and for Chelsea and West Ham fans and the neutrals, it was a privilege to be part of this game for the people who watched it live, I am sure they enjoyed it,” he began.

“I have nothing but praise for our players, they did fantastically and we are gutted because we deserved to win this game and also because of their equaliser.

“Ok, we could have killed the game off, but it wasn’t a penalty and it’s so clear. We are not getting those decisions.

“We are not thinking about ‘Are we fourth? Are fifth?’ but thank God we are not fighting relegation. We are only thinking about this 90 minutes and we didn’t deserve to concede a second goal like that.

“It was nowhere near the [penalty area] line. It was obvious. It was easy because it wasn’t like he slid inside. It was way out of the line.

“It wasn’t the sort of game where I want to be moaning because I want to be talking about football, but this is the second week in a row.

“The Chairman emailed me a few days ago to say we have had four penalties in four years! That’s a record!”

“We are playing good and we are a good team,” he explained. “We have momentum and character and are defending with numbers and passion. When we have the ball, we are calm and we have pace and quality up front.

“It’s great to work with this team.”