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West Ham United boss Nuno Espirito Santos on West Ham's disappointment and foul rules needing to be clearer

10/05/2026

West Ham United, London, UK

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00:06It's the lack of consistency in the decisions. I think in these previous recent seasons it's
00:12been happening a lot of blocking, grappling, holding, almost like a wrestling situation,
00:17that all of us don't understand what is a foul, what isn't a foul. I think even the
00:22referees confuse themselves and it's upsetting due to the duality of criteria. Sometimes it is,
00:32sometimes it's not and today it's frustrating. But I see I have the same view of
00:41everybody. Sometimes I think it is, sometimes it's not because then you look at every corner in the
00:46Premier League. What's happening? It's everything like this, isn't it? Not only today but in all the
00:55pitches. So the teams are, everybody, us inclusive, trying to, but what is the barrier, what is the
01:04frontier of what is a foul and what is not a foul? It's tough.
01:11You obviously felt it was a foul but also… Sorry? You obviously feel it was a foul but
01:16is there an element of a kind of six of one, half a dozen of the other, if you know
01:21that?
01:22Yes, it's what I'm talking about, the lack of consistency. I think everybody's confused. Everybody's
01:28confused. So I think it's up to the referees to try and detect what is a fault, what is allowed,
01:35what is not
01:36allowed because it seems like the rules have changed and everybody feels confused and frustrated. The
01:43players don't understand it.
01:45Is it a solid state for the Premier League that you've got so much racket and you've got so many
01:52decisions like that?
01:57Yeah, and they have to solve it. They have to come to the clubs and explain and show and try
02:03to explain why
02:04sometimes it is, sometimes it is, sometimes it's not, sometimes it's a goal, sometimes it's not a goal, because everybody's
02:10feeling confused and
02:11today we are upset and we are sad.
02:17Yeah, okay?
02:19Speaking of explanations, have you got one from the officials?
02:24No, no, no. It's not up to us to judge, it's up to them to solve. There's a referee, there's
02:30a VAR and they have to take
02:31responsibility and explain the reason behind different decisions when it looks similar.
02:37How is your dressing now?
02:38It's upset, it's sad, but at the same time we have the responsibility and we're going to try these two
02:45games,
02:46realizing that it's tough. But we represent a big club and today our fans again show the support and
02:54the energy that they gave us, so we're going to fight for them until the last second.
03:03We're going to fight, we're going to fight until the end, trying to achieve good performances
03:09with a different end in these two final games of the season.
03:19I think, yeah, honestly, I believe that we did a good job. The players, the intensity,
03:24the way we press, the way we run and the way we create problems to Arsenal. We have a huge
03:31chance
03:31just before, it can be different. The way we play football today was positive. Unfortunately,
03:38we didn't achieve the result that we needed. We came here with the real purpose of trying to keep
03:44the fight. But like I said, again, bounce back, react and go to St. James Park and fight for it.
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