David Moyes is so furious about VAR that he 'joked' Specsavers, 20
David Moyes hit out at the officials after West Ham's 1-1 draw at Southampton, blaming referee Peter Bankes for the Saints' goal and telling VAR Simon Hooper he should have gone to Specsavers.
Moyes was angry that Bankes let play continue after he inadvertently prevented Jarrod Bowen from gaining access to the ball, allowing Romain Perraud to fire the hosts in front.
And the Hammers boss was baffled as to why VAR didn't give his side a penalty after Perraud's 'judo move' on Tomas Soucek.
Instead, it was left to Declan Rice to deny Ralph Hasenhuttl a well-deserved victory as West Ham snatched a point.
"How don't we have three dots?" said Moyes. "The real reason is the referee, the referee prevents us from defending.
"The ball goes out and Jarrod Bowen goes for the ball and the referee stops Jarrod Bowen from reaching it and the boy scores.
“It's really ridiculous. let go and it eventually becomes a goal.
"I asked him (Bankes) about it, but I told him more about the penalty. The penalty on Tomas Soucek is a judo kick from the player who scores it.
“There must be new rules in football so you should check out the new rules which are you can grab them just around the waist and you can hold them and then you can put them in a judo move , where you slam down.
"He catches him and throws him down, it's unreal. It's not the referee, it's VAR. Whoever was on VAR today has to go to Specsavers, I must say."
Perraud's controversial first Premier League goal, courtesy of a Ben Johnson deflection, gave Saints the lead after 20 minutes, but Rice brought West Ham level with a fine curling strike from the edge of the the surface.
A point at least ended Southampton's four-game losing streak that had put pressure on boss Ralph Hasenhuttl.
"I think in the end the draw was deserved for both teams, we had a better first half and they had a better second half," said the Austrian.
p>"We couldn't release the pressure in the second half and that's why they scored. Both teams were trying to win, so the result is OK."
"I think everyone went all out to fight for this point. It's not a lack of effort, it's more of a lack of quality. It's a challenge to bring that back in the field."
David Moyes hit out at the officials after West Ham's 1-1 draw at Southampton, blaming referee Peter Bankes for the Saints' goal and telling VAR Simon Hooper he should have gone to Specsavers.
Moyes was angry that Bankes let play continue after he inadvertently prevented Jarrod Bowen from gaining access to the ball, allowing Romain Perraud to fire the hosts in front.
And the Hammers boss was baffled as to why VAR didn't give his side a penalty after Perraud's 'judo move' on Tomas Soucek.
Instead, it was left to Declan Rice to deny Ralph Hasenhuttl a well-deserved victory as West Ham snatched a point.
"How don't we have three dots?" said Moyes. "The real reason is the referee, the referee prevents us from defending.
"The ball goes out and Jarrod Bowen goes for the ball and the referee stops Jarrod Bowen from reaching it and the boy scores.
“It's really ridiculous. let go and it eventually becomes a goal.
"I asked him (Bankes) about it, but I told him more about the penalty. The penalty on Tomas Soucek is a judo kick from the player who scores it.
“There must be new rules in football so you should check out the new rules which are you can grab them just around the waist and you can hold them and then you can put them in a judo move , where you slam down.
"He catches him and throws him down, it's unreal. It's not the referee, it's VAR. Whoever was on VAR today has to go to Specsavers, I must say."
Perraud's controversial first Premier League goal, courtesy of a Ben Johnson deflection, gave Saints the lead after 20 minutes, but Rice brought West Ham level with a fine curling strike from the edge of the the surface.
A point at least ended Southampton's four-game losing streak that had put pressure on boss Ralph Hasenhuttl.
"I think in the end the draw was deserved for both teams, we had a better first half and they had a better second half," said the Austrian.
p>"We couldn't release the pressure in the second half and that's why they scored. Both teams were trying to win, so the result is OK."
"I think everyone went all out to fight for this point. It's not a lack of effort, it's more of a lack of quality. It's a challenge to bring that back in the field."
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