In the match of the 5th round of the Premier League West Ham with a score of 3: 1 beat Everton.
In the course of the match striker "Hammers" Marco Arnautovich injured knee. Initially, the coach of Londoners Manuel Pellegrini wanted to release on the field of Lucas Perez, but then changed his mind and threw in the midfielder Michael Antonio.
This situation Pellegrini commented as follows.
"It's very simple:
when Marco started having problems with his knee, I wanted to release Lucas on the field".
"I thought he was ready to go out, and he continued to sit on the bench. We did not pull and released Antonio, who was ready to ".
"I do not have to explain this situation to Perez, especially during the game. After the match, I can do it ".
"Antonio came on the field and helped us bring the match to victory," - summed up Pellegrini.
Recall that in a match with Everton Ukrainian Andrei Yarmolenko noted double.