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Andy Carroll believes that West Ham would be third in the table and in the thick of the fight for a Champions League spot if they had not suffered poor refereeing decisions.
Carroll’s outburst followed Jonathan Moss’s call to award Leicester a penalty after the striker’s challenge on Jeffrey Schlupp in the dying seconds of yesterday’s clash.
The draw left West Ham sixth in the table but Carroll is adamant they should be eight points better off and above third-placed Manchester City.
“I think the referee made the wrong decision,” said Carroll. “The Leicester player took a touch and then went down. We are still aiming for Europe but with decisions like this it’s far from easy. It is not the first time. We are doing the best we can but we just need to get some decisions from the referees.
“We’ve dropped eight points now from bad decisions, so where would we be without them? Maybe third or fourth. Hopefully in the last five games things can change.”
Moss had earlier awarded West Ham a spot-kick following a push on Winston Reid by Wes Morgan and Carroll said: “It looked like he wanted to even it up when he gave them the penalty. I couldn’t see any other reason why he would have given that decision. I stopped my run, never made a tackle and never stuck my leg out.”
Apart from yesterday, the Hammers can point to decisions going against them in the Premier League in their games with Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Arsenal as well as in the FA Cup tie against Manchester United.
Moss was at the centre of more controversy yesterday when he sent off Jamie Vardy for two bookable offences. The Leicester striker, who had given the home side the lead, faces a one-game ban, although that could be increased following allegations that he swore at Moss before leaving the pitch.
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In mitigation, it was a difficult match to control. There were numerous cases of blatant obstruction in both penalty areas at set-pieces and Moss did warn both Morgan and his central defensive partner Robert Huth before deciding to give West Ham their spot-kick. West Ham defender Angelo Ogbonna was fortunate later to escape a similar sanction after he clearly held back Huth at a free-kick.
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One player who does have some sympathy for Moss is West Ham full-back Aaron Cresswell, who scored what looked to be West Ham’s winner before that late Leicester penalty.
He said: “The referees need help similar to rugby and cricket, with the big screen and someone able to make the correct decision. It’s a hard job.”