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Scott Parker was angered by Panenka’s failed attempt by Ademola Lookman that cost Fulham a point at West Ham, stating: “He needs to learn.”
Lookman’s dreadful attempt was saved in the last minute when Fulham fell to a 1-0 loss at West Ham after Tomas Soucek shot home moments earlier.
Aleksandar Mitrovic had missed his previous penalty at Sheffield United this season and Parker said his forward would have taken the penalty but was suffering an injury when the VAR awarded him the foul, so second-choice Lookman intervened.
His frustrated effort cost Parker and his team what would have been a deserved point in another improved performance.
“My emotions are disappointment, a little bit of anger,” Parker said of Lookman.
“He’s a young player and when you’re young you make mistakes. And you need to learn from them. That’s where Ade is tonight. Anyone can miss a penalty, but if you decide to take a penalty like that you have to hit his back. He needs to understand that. He’s been fantastic since he’s been here – we’ll see his character now as he’s going to have to dust himself off.
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“If you miss a penalty like that, you show yourself well. He gets it, he’s disappointed more than anyone.
“He will recover, he is an incredible and professional character.”
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Parker: I don’t know the offside rule!
Parker was equally perplexed by the umpires’ decision not to disallow West Ham’s goal, as he believed Sebastian Haller was interfering with play when the initial ball went into the box.
A VAR review was conducted for the goal, but Stockley Park deemed the goal legitimate to the utter bewilderment of Parker, who questioned whether he already knows what constitutes offside.
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He said: “Haller is in an offside position and my center half has had to react and head the ball. We have all the gimmicks and tricks of the game, but personally I don’t know the offside rule. I think a lot of people do. make.
“What I do know is that I played the game for a long time and now I coach a defense in terms of catching people offside. I understand if Haller is 25 yards from my defender and it doesn’t influence the game. My defender doesn’t he can take the risk of quitting. He reacted with Haller on his shoulder – Haller is offside. And that’s where the goal came from. We need some clarity. He went to VAR but maybe the person looking at VAR doesn’t understand it either. Or understand the game.
“We had to change a rule regarding handball. Why? Because defenders were told to defend differently as it was a natural position in terms of spreading hands. Maybe we will have to go the same way with offside, I don’t understand how it doesn’t interfere with play.
“If the offside rule is the one we’ve seen tonight, there isn’t. You could also leave the baseline and take the risk of playing offside. A baseline is always working on a line to catch people offside, it’s part of football. I would like to think that VAR would have intervened because Haller is offside and has made my defender lead him. “
The opposite number, David Moyes, was sympathetic to Parker, adding: “If I were Scott, I’d be disappointed.
the goal because Seb runs offside. I think the whole offside rule with flag delay is a terrible rule. “
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