Wolves manager Gary O’Neill claims that it was “possibly the worst decision I have ever seen” to forbid his squad from scoring a late equalizer against West Ham. In the ninth minute of stoppage time, Maximilian Kilman, the captain, appeared to have tied the score with a header that went past Lucasz Fabianski and into the far corner.
Referee Tony Harrington determined that Tawanda Chirewa, 20, had entered the West Ham keeper’s field of vision after video assistant Tim Robinson saw the substitute in an offside position in front of Fabianski. Chirewa was then moved to the pitchside monitor. It was unbelievable, said O’Neil, whose team had lost to Manchester United on the first day of the season due to a variety of poor decisions. After the final whistle, he went to meet Harrington and told him the referee had refused to talk to him because he was so angry.
Although O’Neil is aware that his remarks could get him into trouble, he felt the unfairness was so severe that he felt compelled to voice his opinions. O’Neil declared, “It was a terrible decision.” “It might be the worst choice I’ve ever seen. Should you have really limited expertise and comprehension of the game, you may come to an incorrect judgment. “I would be quite upset if you believed that to be offside as a top-level Premier League official. That can only be considered offside if he impairs Fabianski’s vision or prevents him from moving. The only people who believe it may be offside are the referee and VAR.”
O’Neil claimed that West Ham manager David Moyes and Fabianski had both expressed their opinion that the goal ought to have stood. Moyes acknowledged he “felt for Gary” but refrained from saying so to the press later. “After some of the decisions we have had this season, I have felt like sitting in a dark room for a week,” said the Scottish player. O’Neill, who has already received two cautions this season, knew that receiving a third yellow card would result in a touchline ban, so he proceeded to investigate the situation more thoroughly while the game was still in progress.
Still, he was not satisfied. After speaking with Harrington on the field, he said that his visit to the referee’s room “didn’t go too well”. “I wasn’t able to control my emotion well enough to get an explanation,” stated O’Neil. “The referee said he would rather not discuss it given how I was acting.” O’Neil was uncertain if his emotional response would result in a report. Perhaps. “I am not sure,” he said. “It’s okay if he reports it and I get reprimanded. I’ve received criticism before, a lot of it.
“I will apologise if I have stepped over the line, but I can only react on how I feel in the moment and I was in a fairly bad mood at the final whistle.” O’Neil claimed that because his players don’t think they are being “respected,” he has already had to dissuade them from pursuing their complaints further this season. He did, however, emphasize that he was unable to stop them in light of what transpired on Saturday. “I’ve managed to calm them down in the past, but I can’t count on doing so now. The decisions made this season have them quite frustrated, according to O’Neil.
I find it very difficult to tell them they are incorrect while still maintaining my integrity in front of them. Next week, we’ll find out how they feel about it.
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