West Ham skipper Mark Noble has called for video technology following Diego Costa's horror tackle on goalkeeper Adrian on Monday.
The Spain international, who was already on a yellow card for dissent, went unpunished for a studs-up challenge on Adrian late in the game before he went on to score an 89th-minute winner to claim a 2-1 victory for his side.
Noble also suggested a hard-nosed midfielder like himself would have been punished much more harshly than Costa was by referee Anthony Taylor.
Noble said: "I knew it was a bad tackle. Costa didn't get anywhere near the ball. If I made that tackle in the middle of the pitch am I getting a yellow card?
"I said to Anthony during the game - and I think he is a really good ref - 'what's the difference between that sort of tackle, which could really injure someone, and a yellow card for a slight pull back on a shirt. You tell me?'
"I never blame the refs because I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play. But someone has got to give us some help. We have put goal line technology in - we have done that and does anyone argue over whether the ball was over the line anymore? No.
"It probably takes about five seconds for someone upstairs to look at a video. And that works both ways then.
"I've always been against this sort of stuff but sometimes it cost us last year. Big decisions. They do even themselves out, but it hurts doesn't it?
"Referees won't get everything right. They are human. But those decisions really hurt teams now with what is at stake and the amount of stuff that goes on."
