West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has hit out at the standard of refereeing in the Premier League.
The Hammers had two penalties against them in their 2-1 loss to Liverpool on Sunday with the second one a very controversial decision.
Allardyce bemoaned the call from referee Anthony Taylor when Jon Flanagan went down under pressure from goalkeeper Adrian and also indicated that other matches have been well and truly affected by poor officiating performances.
"Unfortunately we're talking about the officials rather than talking about the game, sadly, at the end of it," he told Sky Sports.
"We're faced with this difficult situation where we're talking about it nearly every weekend and that's my real concern.
"Having had professional referees for such a long time, we clearly don't have enough and we don't have enough quality.
"We need to do something about it at the very, very top and do something as quickly as we can.
"They try their best, they don't go out there to make mistakes. They go out there to be as honest as they can be. We need officials to make fewer mistakes than they're making this season."
