West Ham's Castellanos accused of spitting at Millwall goalkeeper in fiery derby

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marschall-filip/AN1CgoGe/"]Marschall[/a] lodged a complaint with the match officials after the incident in the 65th minute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/millwall-6uz2cJBL/west-ham-Cxq57r8g/summary/stats/?mid=vssmliOE"]of the Championship clash[/a].[/p][p]With [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham[/a] trailing 2-0, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/castellanos-valentin/ET4rsqIP/"]Argentinian Castellanos[/a] came to close down Marschall as he held on to the ball.[/p][p]The players clashed and Marschall, on his Championship debut, then appeared to point at his shirt, gesturing he had been spat at.[/p][p][b]"I haven't asked him about it, but it's like anything else, I'm sure there'll be footage of it, or not of it if it didn't happen," [/b]said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/millwall/6uz2cJBL/"]Millwall[/a] manager Alex Neil.[/p][embed guid="7f541e2f-61c1-4f6b-ae8b-f61312dbab74" url="https://x.com/MillwallFC/status/2101319540936261943" social-type="twitter" /][p]He added:[b] "I didn't know what had happened, I'd just seen Filip walking out with the ball and thinking, 'Where's he going?'[/b][/p][p][b]"And then the fourth official basically said that there was an accusation of spitting. So, yeah, I don't know."[/b][/p][p]Castellanos could face a six-match ban if he is found to have spat at Marschall, which would be a huge blow to West Ham's promotion bid.[/p][p]Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo said: [b]"I'm aware of the allegation, I didn't see the images, I didn't speak with Taty.[/b][/p][p][b]"I cannot go much further on that, I'm sorry. For me to answer that, I have to see it. I'm going to look at the images. I cannot answer."[/b][/p][p]The allegation was a sour twist to a first meeting between the fierce London rivals in nearly 15 years.[/p][embed guid="5b7cfea2-f0eb-4789-aaa6-45b20011ae6e" url="https://x.com/WestHam/status/2101330474824020426" social-type="twitter" /][p]Millwall led at half-time through goals from Caleb Taylor and Camiel Neghli.[/p][p]But in a vastly improved second-half display the visitors hit back through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kante-mohamadou/YF5m5ItO/"]Mohamadou Kante[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mavropanos-konstantinos/zBXgM0Xa/"]Konstantinos Mavropanos[/a].[/p][p]West Ham looked likeliest to find a winner until last man Kante was sent off for pulling back fellow substitute Kyrell Lisbie as he raced through on goal.[/p][p][b]"Clearly the first half we didn't do well in the game, we didn't start well, we were not precise and lost balls,"[/b] said Nuno.[/p][p][b]"We didn't deal with the physicality of Millwall, they are so good and so strong."[/b][/p][infobox id="3758a48f-fadf-446f-811f-5a7fe003822a" /]