West Ham defender Winston Reid has said that he believes that his club would have won their game against Burnley during the weekend if Andy Carroll did not get sent off.
The England international Carroll, who has a reputation for playing aggressively, was sent off during the first half of the game after earning himself two yellow cards within the space of 90 seconds. The Hammers had been leading the game 1-0 at the time.
Despite being reduced to ten men for the majority of the game, they kept the lead till late in the match when Chris Wood scored an equalizer.
The New Zealand international Reid has now said about the Carroll red card: “All in all, we are getting better. I think the football we played at the start of the match was really good and if we had eleven players on the pitch we would have ultimately won the game.
“I think when you concede with five minutes to go it feels like a defeat. It was disappointing to concede that late. We would have liked to have held on, but I guess a point away from home is a pretty good outcome.
“We would have liked to have kept another clean sheet, but it didn’t quite pan out that way – so we will look to bounce back next week against Brighton on Friday night – and we have to win that game.”
