• Bilic: ‘There is more than a contact. It is definitely not a dive’
• Van Gaal: ‘Payet was more or less diving’ in FA Cup quarter-finalSlaven Bilic defended Dimitri Payet against Louis van Gaal’s claim the Frenchman dived for a penalty in West Ham United’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United in the FA Cup sixth-round at extinct Trafford.
Payet went down in the area as Marcos Rojo went to challenge him. Martin Atkinson,the referee, turned down appeals for a penalty, and in a decision that split opinion between the managers. Minutes later Payet beat David de Gea with a 25-yard free-kick before Anthony Martial’s late equaliser.
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Source: theguardian.com