Football News: Johnson dived blasts Allardyce after draw

Angry West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has hit out at Adam Johnson following his side's draw with Sunderland.

Johnson threw himself to the ground under minimal, if any, contact, and was rewarded with a penalty by referee Phil Dowd.

Allardyce was fuming as Jordi Gomez slotted the penalty home, and hit out at Johnson and the assistant referee following the match.

Allardyce said: "It's a dive. I have to say, Johnno knew he was going nowhere - he knew it was going out of play - so (he thought) I'll have a little fall down and make the referee make a decision, and it went in his favour.

"I've seen it from four angles on the laptop and the assistant referee has made the wrong decision in my opinion. It wasn't the referee's decision because he couldn't see from where he was because (his view) was obscured by three players."

Written by Tris Burke December 14 2014 04:26:45