superwin636 West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui believes the referee was right to award his team a penalty that ended in a winner against Manchester United. superwin636

The controversial incident occurred in the final minute with the teams drawing 1-1 when Matthijs de Ligt clashed with Danny Ings in the penalty area, with referee David Coote initially allowing play to continue. 

However, VAR referee Michael Oliver signalled for Coote to reconsider the decision, before David Coote converted a penalty which Jarrod Bowen converted in stoppage time. 

“I haven’t seen the footage yet, but the players said it should have been a penalty and the referee confirmed it, so I’m sure the referee did the right thing,” Lopetegui said of the penalty.

“In the first half they (Manchester United) were better and created chances, but in the second half we changed things and came back better and deserved to win.”

“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 continue and improve.” ( superwin636 )