Victor Moses in diving row

Victor Moses has been branded a cheat “who should be ashamed to face his family” by Swansea City manager Garry Monk after “helping” his team to a 2-1 Barclays Premier League (BPL) win at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday.

Michael Oliver awarded Stoke a penalty just before halftime when Moses went to ground after what appeared to be minimal contact from Swansea’s Angel Rangel.

Oliver had given Swansea a penalty nine minutes before that after Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross fouled Wilfried Bony.

Bony scored from the spot and Charlie Adam converted Stoke’s penalty to make it 1-1 in the 43rd minute before a Jon Walters header secured all the points for the hosts in the second half.

Monk, 35 and the youngest manager in the BPL, could hardly conceal his anger when asked if he blamed the referee or player.

“It’s one of the most blatant dives you will ever see,” he told Sky Sports News.

“You can go and watch a million games now and you won’t see more of a dive than that and he should be ashamed of himself for diving like that.

“I wouldn’t be able to go home to my family and show my face so he should be punished heavily for that.”

But Mark Hughes, Stoke manager, has leapt to the defence of Moses insisting the referee had made the correct call, suggesting Monk’s criticism was a sign of his inexperience as a manager.

“Sometimes it’s emotional after games, especially when you’ve lost a game that you were leading,” he said.

“There’s a 20-minute window where the Sky cameras want their bit of flesh and sometimes you have to bite your tongue and be careful what you say because you can get into trouble.

“So there was no need for that in my view and obviously that was disappointing, but the longer you’re in this game the more experience you get and sometimes you have to curb what you really feel.”

Despite admitting the penalty decision was “soft”, Hughes insisted that Moses did not dive.

“I think he was running at pace in between two defenders and I think the onus is on the defender not to go anywhere near him.

“If you look at the angle I’ve seen, which I think was the angle that the referee saw, there’s a definite movement from Rangel’s arm to go across Victor to knock him of his stride, so in my view that’s trying to impede him.

“If you do that in the box when someone’s running at pace, you’re in danger of conceding a penalty. It’s a soft one and you can argue as much as you like but the referee gave it so you have to get on with it.”

The victory was Stoke’s second consecutive at home and they prepare for a tricky trip to Southampton, who will be full of confidence after an 8-0 mauling of Sunderland on Saturday.