West Ham United boss David Moyes believes that Gianluca Scamacca’s goal against Fulham was correctly awarded following a lengthy VAR check.
During the Hammers’ 3-1 win over their London rivals at the London Stadium on Sunday, Scamacca made it 2-1 midway through the second half, chipping over Bernd Leno to score after being played through by Lucas Paqueta.
VAR checked the goal, first for offside and secondly for handball, although referee Chris Kavanagh awarded the goal after a lengthy stoppage in play.
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Speaking on the decision, Moyes believes that the right call was made, despite fearing that the goal would be overturned after a lengthy pause.
“I have seen it back. I saw a little bit at the touchline and I saw it when it came on the big screen,” said Moyes. “When I saw it, I thought he hadn’t celebrated because he thought he was offside, but he told me they were onside.
“I’ve seen it since and he sort of controls it, it comes down the side and if anything, it looks like it is going to hit his backside on the right side. From my point of view, I don’t see a hand involved in it at all. If you are Fulham, you are going to say you see a hand involved in it.
“I can’t see anything which changed the direction of the ball, I can’t see anything which had a huge impact. I know the rules now, anything which is a touch of the hand would lead to it. I didn’t see it and it took such a long time, I thought it was going to go against us, but it went for us.”
Andreas Pereira had given Fulham an early lead before Jarrod Bowen equalised in the first half from the penalty spot. Second half goals from Scamacca and Michail Antonio earned West Ham three points.
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