West Ham manager David Moyes has admitted that he was left mystified after the referee and his assistant allowed Bournemouth’s stoppage time equalizer to stand during his clubs 3-3 draw with the Cherries on Tuesday.
The Hammers were adamant that Callum Wilson had brushed the ball over the line with his arm.
Assistant referee Simon Long raised his flag and a long debate with referee Bobby Madley followed after which the goal was allowed to stand.
Moyes was left in disbelief after Madley overruled his assistant to award the goal.
“When the linesman’s flag goes up you think ‘we’ve got out of jail there a bit,”’ said Moyes. “But to overrule the linesman’s decision, I couldn’t believe.
“I think you could question the offside, because it looks pretty level. But what you can’t do is question that the Bournemouth player [Wilson] put it in with the top of his arm.
“When I saw the commotion I thought there was no way [Madley] would overturn it.”
Defender James Collins opened the scoring for the Hammers on the day before Dan Gosling and Nathan Ake put the Cherries 2-1 ahead.
However in-form striker Marko Arnautovic bagged two goals in the space of eight minutes to hand the Hammers the lead before Wilson scored a controversial equalizer.
