{"id":2402,"date":"2024-04-12T01:02:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2024-04-12T01:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:02:39","slug":"xabi-alonso-responds-as-david-moyes-calls-bayer-leverkusen-a-disgrace-following-west-ham-defeat-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=2402","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso responds as David Moyes calls Bayer Leverkusen a ‘disgrace’ following West Ham defeat | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Moyes called Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s conduct \u2018disgraceful\u2019 after West Ham\u2019s defeat (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Xabi Alonso has dismissed David Moyes\u2019 claim that Bayer Leverkusen were \u2018disgraceful\u2019 during their 2-0 win over West Ham in the Europa League on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Late goals from Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface sealed the victory for the Bundesliga leaders in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n

West Ham, meanwhile, will be without Lucas Paqueta for the return fixture in London next week due to suspension after the midfielder received a yellow card in the defeat to Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

Moyes was furious with Leverkusen\u2019s conduct on the touchline and accused the opposition of influencing referee Artur Dias.<\/p>\n

\u2018He [Paqueta] will be a huge miss but I thought their bench was a disgrace,\u2019 said Moyes.<\/p>\n

\u2018He got surrounded. I thought it was disgraceful and was really disappointing.<\/p>\n

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Lucas Paqueta is now suspended for West Ham\u2019s quarter-final second leg against Bayer Leverkusen (AFP via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018You should let the referee make the decision and not the way they reacted to the incident.<\/p>\n

\u2018I thought it was a rule all the way through. We would not all run off and surround him. It was a poor thing for them to do and they are a good side and they didn\u2019t need to react like that.\u2019<\/p>\n

But when asked about Moyes\u2019 assessment on Leverkusen\u2019s conduct, Alonso said: \u2018Oh no, I think it was a tackle that deserved a yellow card. It was fully deserved.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think David\u2019s talking with the fourth official a lot of times, we all do, I do as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s nothing to talk about disgraceful. I think that we have all the right, he has to see his bench as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018I have respect for David but I thought it was the right decision from the referee. We did our thing, we didn\u2019t focus on the other bench.\u2019<\/p>\n

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