Allardyce angry with RVP goal

Sam Allardyce has spoken of his disappointment that a poor decision cost West Ham a historic win against Manchester United last night.

Ricardo Vaz Te’s header and Mohamed Diame’s curling wondergoal twice put the Hammers in control but Antonio Valencia and Robin Van Persie cancelled out both, although it later appeared Van Persie’s goal was offside.

And Allardyce has slammed the way his side was robbed of the chance to take all three points against the Champions-elect, but also praised his players’ performance.

He told whufc.com: “The outstanding goals that we scored, especially the second goal, should have brought us an outstanding victory against the leaders Manchester United. And sadly, the linesman’s decision had denied us a famous victory.

“Van Persie’s goal was offside. He was in an offside position when the ball was struck, it hit the post, it came to him and he’s put it in the net. It’s a famous victory that has slipped away from us.

“It was just an outstanding performance from all the players that took part, I can’t praise them enough. We’ve played like this most of the season.”

And the manager is know planning for the visit of Wigan Athletic on Saturday and is feeling upbeat about the club’s current form of four games unbeaten, which is the best run the Hammers have enjoyed all season.

“We’ll look at the squad and use it accordingly and hopefully we can continue this run,” he said.

“I think we’ve only lost two in nine matches now, even if it is three draws on the trot.”