Former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett has backed the decision to disallow Dan Burn's goal for Newcastle against Fulham. He believes Yoane Wissa fouled Timothy Castagne in the build-up.
Newcastle drew 1-1 away from home. Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 80th minute, before Rodrigo Muniz soon earned Fulham a point.
But the visitors had thought they had taken the lead in the first half.
In the 33rd minute, Burn turned in a dangerous cross from Murphy and had begun to celebrate, but referee Rob Jones stopped play after a signal from his assistant.
Replays showed Wissa tussling with Castagne. The Newcastle forward moved the defender closer to the goal line, leaving Burn in an onside position.
Hackett believes the officials made the right decision:
Yes, the number nine fouled his opponent.
So the goal was rightly disallowed because of that foul.
Newcastle did not agree with that assessment.
Matthias Jaissle said after the match:
I have learned the word «soft» decision here.
In my opinion, it was wrong.
Last week we had a situation where Fabian Schar was bleeding from his face after an incident before Everton's goal.
I find it difficult to understand the difference.
Jaissle believes the incident was too minor to warrant disallowing the goal, while Hackett is convinced Wissa did enough to be penalised for a foul.
