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Neil McLeman

West Ham boss David Moyes tells VAR official to "go to Specsavers" in angry rant at refs

David Moyes slammed referee Peter Bankes for a “ridiculous” block on Jarrod Bowen and claimed the VAR official had to “go to Specsavers” after West Ham drew at Southampton.

The furious Hammers boss said Romain Perraud’s first-half goal should have been disallowed because the referee stopped Jarrod Bowen playing the ball. And the Scot then claimed the Frenchman was guilty of a “Judo move” on Tomas Soucek which should have led to a penalty as he questioned the eye-sight of VAR official Simon Hooper.

Declan Rice scored a second half equaliser. But Moyes seethed: "How have we not got three points? The real reason is the referee, the referee gets in the way of the ability for us to defend.

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