West Ham’s Mark Noble calls for video replays to help refs before players suffer serious injuries

MARK NOBLE reckons refs need help from video replays before a player is seriously injured.

The West Ham captain slammed Chelsea striker Diego Costa over his lunge at keeper Adrian in Monday’s 2-1 defeat.

Noble said: “I knew it was a bad tackle. He didn’t get anywhere near the ball. If I made that tackle in the middle of the pitch am I getting a yellow?

“I said to Anthony Taylor in the game — and I think he’s 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 the difference. I never blame the refs as 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.