‘Embarrassing’ – Chris Lepkowski hit at what West Brom’s star performance against Sunderland
Chris Lepkowski slammed “embarrassing” West Brom ace Jeremy Sarmiento for diving late in Sunderland’s 2-1 loss.
In the 96th minute of the Championship encounter at the Stadium of Light, the attacking midfielder went down under pressure from Sunderland’s Luke O’Nien.
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Former Birmingham Mail reporter Lepkowski agreed completely with O’Nien’s assessment of Sarmiento’s behavior.
“At the end, it wasn’t a prayer, it was a pen.” “It was a dive,” he tweeted [9 December]. “It’s also embarrassing. That is not something I want to see our guys do.”
In a follow-up tweet, Lepkowski added: “He had the beating of [O’Nien] too. It so disappointing to see him do that.
“But then given the officials’ form it was feasible they might have awarded it.”
Silly
You cannot fault Sarmiento for doing his absolute all to help snatch Albion a late leveller, but there is no doubt he went to ground far too easily.
Had the shoe been on the other foot, and a Sunderland player chucked himself to the ground, the travelling fans would have been furious.
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