West Ham's Tomas Soucek gives cheeky response after getting away with handball against Chelsea

Tomas Soucek must have breathed a huge sigh of relief after getting away with what looked like a blatant handball in West Ham's draw with Chelsea – and he soon saw the funny side of his stroke of luck.

With the scores level at 1-1 in the 89th minute at the London Stadium, Soucek clearly blocked Conor Gallagher's goal-bound shot using his hand inside the box, sparking vociferous appeals from the Blues players.

No penalty was given by referee Craig Pawson, and the decision stood following a VAR review.

Chelsea made it perfectly clear where they stood on the incident, though, tweeting: "Soucek makes a great save from Conor Gallagher."

And, speaking after the game, Soucek seemed to know that he'd got away with it big time. He told West Ham club media: "My father was a goalkeeper, so I did a save..."

The Czech midfielder – who came on for the injured Lucas Paqueta after 14 minutes – then burst out laughing. 

Unsurprisingly, Chelsea boss Graham Potter was rather less amused about the decision not to award his side a penalty. He said:

"It looked quite a handball to me; I didn’t know Tomas could get down and save like that. It was a good save. You need your goalkeeper sometimes to get you points."