West Ham boss Sam Allardyce launched a scathing attack on the standard of refereeing in the Premier League after the controversial 2-1 home defeat by Liverpool.
Match official Anthony Taylor found himself firmly in the spotlight with two contentious decisions in a dramatic clash at Upton Park.
Allardyce slammed the match officials after his side’s loss to Liverpool
Taylor over-ruled his assistant in first-half added time to allow Guy Demel’s equaliser to stand even though Simon Mignolet had spilled the ball after being caught by Andy Carroll’s flailing arm.
And the man in the middle then awarded Liverpool their second penalty of the game, with captain Steven Gerrard converting both, after Jon Flanagan went down under Adrian’s challenge, although the West Ham keeper appeared to get a touch on the ball.
“Having had professional referees for such a long time, we clearly don’t have enough and we don’t have enough quality.”
Sam Allardyce Allardyce feels changes need to be made to prevent the kind of errors which he feels have marred the top-flight this term.
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