Michail Antonio felt West Ham were up against 14 players as they bowed out of the Europa League to Bayer Leverkusen. (More Football News)
Antonio바카라s early header gave the Hammers hope of overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit and inflicting a first defeat of the season on Xabi Alonso바카라s new Bundesliga champions.
But the bustling striker claimed he did not get a decision all night from card-happy Spanish referee Jose Maria Sanchez and his two assistants.
바카라It doesn바카라t feel like you바카라re playing against 11 men, it feels like you바카라re playing against 13 or 14 including the two linos,바카라 Antonio told TNT Sports.
바카라You just have to keep pushing and try and make the decisions go your way. And they just weren바카라t. We had to keep playing our way and keep being professional.바카라
West Ham pushed gamely for a second goal to take the tie to extra-time, but as they inevitably flagged Leverkusen substitute Jeremie Frimpong scored with a deflected shot in the last minute to make it 1-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate.
It was a valiant effort but ultimately a sad end to another European adventure for last season바카라s Conference League winners.
바카라We바카라re very proud of ourselves, to achieve what we바카라ve achieved over the last few years is incredible,바카라 added Antonio.
바카라Three back-to-back years in European quarter-finals I would never have thought that. We were a yo-yo team, fighting relegation, then into Europe.바카라
Sanchez booked 11 players and sent off West Ham coach Billy McKinlay, and Sebastian Parrilla from Leverkusen바카라s staff after a touchline altercation.
Asked if that skirmish had anything to do with some bad-tempered exchanges between the benches in last week바카라s first leg, Alonso said with a grin: 바카라I wouldn바카라t say no.바카라
Hammers boss David Moyes was not keen to be drawn on the officiating, but he did say: 바카라I watch a lot of Spanish football but if that바카라s the way it is you wouldn바카라t want to watch too many Spanish matches.바카라
On his side바카라s performance, he added: 바카라It was a brilliant team performance, I have to say over the two games.
바카라We played a really good team and we had chances to be two or three up. I couldn바카라t fault the players at all. If I was going out of Europe I wanted to go out like that.바카라
In the first half Leverkusen looked as though they may have celebrated their first Bundesliga crown on Sunday a little too much, and Alonso admitted they needed to improve after the break.
바카라For sure it was a thrilling game,바카라 he said. 바카라Two different halves. First half we knew West Ham would come with high intensity and we were not comfortable with that.
바카라After they scored one we were lucky not to concede a second one. But we showed character in the second half and the substitutes had a good impact. It was a lesson for us.바카라
