Slaven Bilic fury at red card Hammer blow
West Ham manager feels his men were doubly wronged with an offside goal as well
London — West Ham manager Slaven Bilic insisted he would appeal against the red card handed to midfielder Sofiane Feghouli in a controversial defeat at home against Manchester United. Bilic felt his team were doubly wronged when Algerian Feghouli was harshly sent off for a 50-50 challenge with United’s Phil Jones just 15 minutes into a 2-0 defeat against Jose Mourinho’s side on Monday — which also featured a goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic that looked suspiciously offside after Juan Mata had opened the scoring. "Of course the sending off had a major impact on the game," said the Croatian coach, whose side played for 75 minutes with 10 men. "I was very surprised by it. I wouldn’t even be happy with yellow because they both went in for the ball. "Then I saw the replay and it was proof I’m right. The more times I see it, it was the other way around — it was Jones who made the more dangerous tackle. Definitely not a red card." "We will appeal of course and I’m expecting at least to win the...
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