AND RED CARD

Moyes: We get a raw deal on fixtures and it’s not right... like the stat on sendings-off, it doesn’t add up

- TOM HOPKINSON

DAVID MOYES reckons West Ham are getting the rawest deal of all the Champions League chasers from the Premier League fixture schedulers — AND referees.

Moyes and his men face Burnley at 8.15 pm tomorrow with Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Tottenham all in action at least 24 or 48 hours earlier.

Next week, the Hammers again play a day later than Chelsea and, as a result of the Blues’ involvement in the FA Cup Final on May 15, their game against Arsenal will now take place three days before West Ham’s trip to Brighton.

All that means Moyes and Co are having to play catchup all the time without ever getting the chance to lay down the marker for their London rivals to chase.

Asked if it was just unlucky, Moyes said: “No, it’s probably as unlucky as having five of the last eight sendings-off rescinded.

“So if you think of that as well, West Ham are quite often one of the least to be thought about.