Michail Antonio disputes disallowed West Ham goal and highlights mistake by Leeds United's Illan Meslier
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Leeds led 1-0 at the interval against the Hammers via Raphinha's strike in the 19th minute which followed some fine saves by Meslier after early Hammers pressure.
West Ham then looked to have equalised eight minutes after the break when Tomas Soucek netted from close range following a collision between Meslier and Antonio from a Hammers free-kick.
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Hide AdReferee Kevin Friend was then instructed to check his monitor via the intervention of VAR and disallowed the goal which came after Antonio had knocked down Meslier with his arm as he looked to head home in the Whites box.
Antonio was then booked but the Hammers striker has protested his innocence and says Soucek's goal should have stood.
"Basically, I’ve jumped up and the hand that I’ve led with has caught the goalkeeper," said Antonio, as quoted by whufc.com.
"I honestly don’t think that it’s a foul, but I’ve caught him, he’s gone down, and we’ve scored from it.
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