Bournemouth caretaker boss Gary O'Neil was left very unhappy with the officiating at the London Stadium as two handball decisions did not go their way.
"It's getting a little bit ridiculous now as I think we've had about ten VAR decisions go against us since I took over."
O'Neil was referring to the decision not to penalise West Ham's Thilo Kehrer for handball in the immediate build-up to Kurt Zouma's opener on the stroke of half time.
"I went into speak to the referee about it after the game and we disagree. He said that his (Kehrer) arms are in a natural position but they are in his stomach and move towards the ball."
It was certainly a contentious decision and one that Bournemouth struggled to recover from despite O'Neil's view that they "camped" in West Ham's half in the second period.
The Cherries' bad night in East London got worse as they leave the capital with some key players injured.
"We already came here without Lloyd Kelly who is a massive player for us then we lose Neto and Dom Solanke.
We lacked a bit of quality in the final third and, as a newly-promoted team, chances in the final third are hard to come by and losing Dom is not going to help that."
The hosts' second - a stoppage time penalty from Said Benrahama - was the result of another handball decision that O'Neil thought was harsh.
"Jordan Zemura has slid in to block the cross and the referee thinks his arms were in an unnatural position. When you slide, your arms go into the air and his are actually on the way down when the ball hits them.
It's unfortunate but I understand it."
This is Bournemouth's second defeat on the bounce after their loss to south coast rivals Southampton last weekend. O'Neil had been unbeaten in his first six after taking over from Scott Parker, following the horrific 9-0 defeat at Anfield at the end of August. Despite the back-to-back reversals, his side still sit 14th.
The Cherries welcome Antonio Conte's Tottenham to the Vitality Stadium this coming weekend and, despite the afore-mentioned injury concerns, O'Neil's side perhaps have no better time to meet the out-of-form Spurs.
This will be followed by a trip to Elland Road and back-to-back games against Everton at the Vitality in the EFL Cup and the league before the break for the World Cup.
O'Neil still remained positive and upbeat despite the result:
"We had some moments of quality, particularly in the second half and the challenge going forward remains the same as it was when we were unbeaten."
