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West Ham boss Allardyce blasts Mourinho: What's he on about?

West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has told Jose Mourinho to stop his moaning. The Chelsea manager claims there is a vendetta against his league leaders with rival bosses, tv pundits and even referees conspiring together.

But Allardyce hit back yesterday and said: "Name and shame them? What's he on about?"

Allardyce insists his side have suffered just as much from questionable refereeing decisions.

He said: "Is there a campaign against West Ham? No, I don't think that's the case.

"It's just that, like anybody else, the referees and the assistant referees, with the pressure they work under, have to try to get better when it comes to making decisions.

"Morgan Amalfitano should have had a blatant penalty in the last few minutes of the game (against Arsenal) and because he didn't dive over like Santi Cazorla dived over then it's never going to be given when it should be given.

"When you are impeded by the opposition and it stops you doing it then the referee has to be brave enough to give it.

"Unfortunately, referees are not brave enough to give those penalties because of the whole atmosphere surrounding these arenas that we play in, it doesn't look like one."

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