'Not for me': Pundit expresses Burnley sympathy after late Brentford controversy
Burnley have every right to feel aggrieved with the ‘goal’ they had disallowed at the death during their painful defeat to Brentford.
Ashley Barnes looked to have rescued Scott Parker’s side a point in a dramatic, controversial encounter at Turf Moor, which ended 4-3.
But after a lengthy VAR delay, his goal – which came well after the 100th minute – was harshly ruled out for an apparent handball, despite no replays clearly showing it hit his arm.
It led to former Wales international Ashley Williams to speak at his surprise at VAR’s decision to chalk it off.
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“Not for me, not at all,” he told BBC Radio 5Live. “I think it has hit him on the hip. Even if it has touched his arm, I don't think it is clear.
“I don't know how they disallowed that goal. It should stand. Scott Parker and Burnley will feel hard done by.
“If they win that game, they have a chance of staying up, but now that has probably relegated them on a decision which is not clear.
“I can see why they feel so aggrieved by that.”
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