WEST Ham boss Slaven Bilic conceded his side could have had a penalty given against them when Joe Hart brought down Chris Wood in the first half of Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Turf Moor.

The incident came soon after Andy Carroll had been dismissed for two bookings in 99 seconds, with Hart taking man and ball as he came to dive at Wood’s feet.

“To be fair, I’ve seen that incident and if we were in that situation, make no mistake, I would expect a penalty but it wasn’t like a blatant one because Joe didn’t put his arms there and the ball went out sideways,” Bilic said.

“I think Joe touched the ball and it was also after the red card and you can’t give them all. It wasn’t a blatant penalty, so you can’t give every decision.”

The Hammers boss was reluctant to discuss Carroll’s two bookings, but conceded referee Stuart Atwell had made the correct call as the striker came together with James Tarkowski and Ben Mee.

“I’m very frustrated and very angry,” he admitted.

“I said that I’m very disappointed, not with the referee’s decision because it was (correct). The first one can happen, but the second one cannot happen, especially when you play away, then you are asking for trouble.

“I didn’t speak with him at half-time, as I was concentrating on what to do in the game. I didn’t see the challenge (from Tarkowski on Carroll). I only saw his couple of bookings.

“It is extremely frustrating. What can I do? He is a very brave player and not a lazy player, he is a player who is committing himself and that’s his virtue and is a big part of his game.

“He wants to win all the balls in his space and it was just an unbelievably bad decision to even go there (for the second booking).”

Of his side’s performance, Bilic added: “I’ve got mixed emotions. I’m proud of the team and how we played. When we were 11 against 11, we were passing the ball and created a lot.

“We scored the goal and we had the momentum but then that momentum was ruined or stopped by that couple of bookings in the space of two minutes which, for a player of Andy’s experience and everything, basically you can’t do that.

“When it happens really late in the game, you have those mixed emotions that you don’t value this performance and this point as you would normally, or as it normally deserves to be. Because if it had stayed 1-0 it would have been heroic, but still one moment doesn’t make it less heroic, as it’s not easy to play with 10.”