Julen Lopetegui believes West Ham United should have award

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Julen Lopetegui believes West Ham United should have award a penalty in their 2-1 win over Manchester United.

  • The penalty was a controversial one, with referee David Coote initially dismissing the decision before VAR intervened and overturned it.
  • Erik ten Hag disagreed but Lopetegui believes the referee made the right call and believes they played better and deserved to win.

West Ham United manager Julen Lopetegui was confident they should have award a late penalty in Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League home win over Manchester United

“I haven’t seen the footage yet, but the players said it should have been a penalty and the referee confirmed the same,” Lopetegui said.

Julen Lopetegui is emerging as a serious contender to replace David Moyes at West Ham, with the club preparing for a managerial change this summer.

With Moyes’ four-and-a-half-year reign set to come to an end, Lopetegui is understood to be one of West Ham’s leading choices to take over https://ufabet999.app ahead of next season. Lopetegui, 57, has been out of the technical area since leaving Wolves at the start of the campaign and is keen to make his return to management in the Premier League.

A former Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla manager, Lopetegui is a Europa League winner and the 57-year-old’s vast experience makes him an attractive option for the West Ham board.

Moyes is out of contract in the summer and has endured a fractious relationship with supporters over results and his style of play.

“We had a lot of yellow cards, so at half-time we made some changes to increase the intensity. I also thought that Cricencio Summerville would make a difference and he did very well.”

“Last week we had a bad result, but today we beat one of the best teams in the world. We need to use the energy from this game to build on and improve our performance.”

Substitute Crysencio Summerville gave West Ham the lead but Casemiro then headed home United equaliser. However, Jarrod Bowen converted from the penalty spot in stoppage time to hand the Londoners the win.