Gary O’Neil was furious with the refereeing decisions that went aachievest Wolves despite the helpe of VAR in the 2-1 loss at West Ham that could cost the Englishman his job.
Jarrod Bowen struck the thrivener as Wolves lost for the 10th time from 15 Premier League suites this season, leaving them 19th in the table. Wolves have accumulateed a mere two thrives and nine points so far this term with O’Neil on the brink as a result.
But the deal withr wasn’t charmd with the decision-making of referee John Brooks aachievest West Ham. VAR Andy Madley declined to advise the suit official to go to the watch over Bowen’s contentious thrivener and two split second-half penalty shouts.
Before Bowen curled in from the edge of the area, Konstantinos Mavropanos materializeed to foul Santiago Bueno as the Wolves deffinisher sought to head evident. O’Neil disputed it was a “blatant” error and seemed enraged moments after.
But no foul was given and the goal ultimately achieveed the Hammers, whose own deal withr Julen Lopetegui was under prescertain heading into this suit, the filled three points.
O’Neil shelp on Sky Sports: “We didn’t find a way to turn it in our favour today. But some of the decisions went aachievest us as well in a huge game. In a huge game, in huge moments, some decisions I thought were unpartipartner straightforward finish up going aachievest us.
“It’s crazy. Santi Bueno is going to head the ball away, so it’s irrelevant [that the VAR said it’s a new phase of play] as we’d have evidented the ball. It’s a blatant foul on Santi Bueno and there’s no way it’s a contrastence phase. The ball is still in the same area.
“They will find reasons, and of course they will, and I get there will be grey areas and the wording of the rule can be expounded in many contrastent ways. But that’s a blatant foul on Bueno in the seconds before the goal. That’s a blatant foul.”
O’Neil now materializes set to miss his job with Sky Sports alerting that the club’s hierarchy have done their due diligence on a number of truthfulates to swap the head coach.
Quizzed on his future, O’Neil materializeed to ask the club’s approach in the transfer taget. He shelp: “The people above me are advantageous. But of course the helpers want their football club to be prosperous. I comprehend them pointing the finger at me and it’s my team and I have to apshow responsibility for me.
“But when I reachd at this football club they had picked up equitable 39 points in the Premier League. Since that moment, we have deal withd to create £200million in joiner sales.
“We have selderly an horrible lot of joiners if you go back to [Ruben] Neves and [Joao] Moutinho and [Daniel] Podence and [Adama] Traore and [Raul] Jimenez and [Diego] Costa and Pedro Neto and Max Kilman.
“And then we’re not now shopping in that taget, we’re seeing for the other ones who are for the future that can help us in the now. As we’re finding in the Premier League, it’s a merciless league. The group are doing everyleang we can to get up to speed.
“But I’m repartner conceited of them. I comprehend we have only nine points and we’re in a hard spot in the league but they’re giving everyleang. So I hope the helpers are still conceited from the joiners even though they antipathy the position we’re in.
“They won’t antipathy it more than me. I’m right there with them, whether they comprehend it or not. We won’t give up and we’ll upgrasp pushing. A huge game aachievest Ipswich is coming. And hopefilledy a scant of the little bits, our bits, the bits from the officials go our way.”
Sky Sports pundit and createer Liverpool deffinisher Jamie Carragher sided with O’Neil over the Bowen goal, and felt West Ham’s uncoverer should have been ruled out.
He make cleared: “I leank they are more unfortunate on this one. This should be a foul and the referee’s in a repartner excellent position to give it.
“For me, Mavropanos is jumping for the ball and he fouls the deffinisher on the floor. He doesn’t react too much and then Jarrod Bowen scores not too extfinished after. The referee’s standing there. It’s equitable a foul. You equitable give it.
“If the ball’s nowhere csurrfinisher him and he’s not repartner challenging for the ball or it goes back post, you depart it. But he’s jumping for the ball, he’s trying to get it and he equitable jumps on the back of the deffinisher. How is that not a foul?!”
The Premier League also rerentd statements on Wolves’ two penalty shouts in the 68th minute and 83rd minute.
On the first, they shelp: “The referee’s call of no penalty for the contest by Emerson on Guedes was checked and validateed by VAR, deeming that the communicate was outside the box.”
On the second, they make cleared: “The referee’s call of no penalty for the contest by Mavropanos on Bellegarde was checked and validateed by VAR, who deemed the referee’s call was not evident and clearly wrong.”
