West Ham boss Espirito Santo unhappy with decision to allow Brighton’s equaliser

Nuno Espirito Santo was left feeling frustrated at the decision to allow Brighton’s equaliser in the 1-1 draw against his West Ham side.

Georginio Rutter struck in second-half stoppage time after Jarrod Bowen’s opener to snatch a point for the Seagulls.

The VAR checked the goal for a potential handball by Rutter but allowed the goal to stand, something Espirito Santo was unhappy about.

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“High foot, handball. I think it’s clear,” he told BBC Sport.

“VAR checked it. I saw it also. Different opinions. What can we do?

“We played good. Other games also we performed well but today was a good performance.

Speaking to Sky Sports, the Hammers boss also said: “It’s handball, isn’t it?

“We missed a couple of chances that we had, clear ones, but it was a good game.

“We created problems, we contained them. Areola didn’t have much to do.

“Then we scored, tried to close (out) the game and unfortunately we couldn’t.”