Keith Hackett reacts to West Ham vs Wrexham incident that angered Phil Parkinson

West Ham United were comfortable 6-0 winners over Wrexham on Friday night, but the visitors felt cheated in the first half.

Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring for the Irons at the London Stadium, before Joel Piroe added a second prior to the break.

Konstantinos Mavropanos, who had earlier saved a shot on the line, added United's third three minutes into the second half before Taty Castellanos and Mohamadou Kante joined the scoring.

Manor Solomon was the scorer of the sixth goal on what was a night to remember for a dominant West Ham in the end, but Phil Parkinson found reason to be annoyed way before the floodgates opened.

West Ham's second goal effectively killed off the contest, but Wrexham felt it should never have stood.

Former FIFA referee Keith Hackett has now shared his exclusive views on the incident to West Ham Zone.

Should West Ham's second goal have stood?

Piroe's goal came at the end of a well-worked West Ham move, with Taty unselfishly playing in his teammate to do the rest.

There was a suggestion of offside, though replays appeared to show no infringement.

But what left Wrexham boss Parkinson more annoyed on the touchline was a perceived foul earlier in the move.

Divine Mukasa flicked the ball away from Lewis O'Brien and made contact with his opponent in the process.

And in the view of Hackett, Wrexham and Parkinson have a valid reason to be upset.

"It's rather surprising that this was not sanctioned with a free-kick," Hackett said. "It was a careless challenge by the West Han United player.

"At that point the referee should have stopped the game and awarded a free-kick to Wrexham."

West Ham did not look back from that point on, although in truth the win did not look in doubt from the very first kick.

The 'absolutely outstanding' West Ham moment vs Wrexham

It is fair to say West Ham produced their best performance of the campaign on Friday night.

A number of the goals were special, not least the fourth of the lot - scored by Taty, if you needed reminding.

Kyle Walker-Peters led the counter that started in West Ham's box and ended with the ball in the back of the net up the other end of the field.

Speaking on BBC Radio London, former player Bradley Allen said: "What a brilliant goal. A tremendous counter.

"Kyle Walker-Peters, take a bow - from one end of the pitch to the other. That's one of the best Championship goals of the season. Absolutely outstanding."

In fairness, "absolutely outstanding" can be used to sum up West Ham's performance in general.

Nuno Espirito Santo's men are top of the table, and there is no reason why they cannot now stay there for the rest of the season.