Michail Antonio criticised the standard of refereeing after West Ham lost their Europa League quarter-final to Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 on aggregate
Striker criticises refereeing after aggregate loss to LeverkusenMichail Antonio hit out at the refereeing and said that it was like “playing against 14” after West Ham lost their Europa League quarter-final to Bayer Leverkusenand were dreaming of knocking out the newly crowned Bundesliga champions after Antonio scored early on at the London Stadium.West Ham missed chances before half-time and the game changed in the second half.
“It doesn’t feel like you’re playing against 11 men, it feels like you’re playing against 14 including the two linos,” the West Ham striker said. “It’s just one of those things where you have to keep pushing, make decisions go your way and remain professional.” Moyes, who was also unimpressed with the referee, praised his side’s performance. “We’ve played a really good team,” West Ham’s manager said. “I thought we had the chance to go two or three up at one point. If I was going to go out of Europe I wanted to go out playing like that. It was a terrific effort.
“If anything we might have run out of fresh legs. But I’ve been quite limited to the changes I can make. I don’t have Kalvin Phillips, Dinos , Paquetá. Some our own fault but some through injury. We ran out of energy in the second half.” Xabi Alonso admitted that Leverkusen, unbeaten in 44 matches in all competitions this season, rode their luck. “We can say this has been a good lesson and we are delighted to be in the semi-final,” Alonso said.Leverkusen, who are chasing a treble, have the chance for revenge after losing in the last four to Roma last season. “We are happy that we are back in asemi-final and again facing Roma. It is a different side, they have a new manager, the energy of Roma is good.
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