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West Ham striker Michail Antonio jokingly claims he will 'fight a referee' if they 'put up 15 minutes of injury time'

Michail Antonio and Callum Wilson have jokingly voiced their opinions on English football 's radical new approaches to injury time, with the West Ham striker claiming that 'players are not robots'.

Football lawmakers are encouraging referees to add more minutes on to EFL and Premier League games for stoppages during the match in a bid to cut out time-wasting.

It comes after games at the Qatar World Cup in 2022 were played for more than 100 minutes, including England's 117-minute match against Iran, with officials expecting games in the top-flight to go on into treble digits this season as a new norm.