West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has admitted that he told referee Paul Tierney to send off Ben Foster during his team’s 0-0 draw with West Brom on Saturday but has since admitted that he was wrong in doing so.
Bilic called for Baggies goalkeeper Foster to be sent off following a lunge on Javier Hernandez and following the game, the West Ham boss revealed that while he did call for Foster to be given his marching orders, he can understand why the referee did not do so.
He said, “I asked the referee to give a red card because I have seen a lot of times that being a red card. But when I saw it again I can’t blame the referee.
“First thing is Foster was not the last man. Two men were behind, [Jonny] Evans and [Ahmed] Hegazi – and the second thing is the challenge was mistimed and not brutal.”
The draw sees the Hammers fail to build on their first win against Huddersfield last Monday, however it will be a welcome point especially considering that the Hammers lost their first three games of the season in succession.
