Well, well, well, not even 45 mins into the resumption of England’s Premier League, and controversy reigns supreme.
Visitors Sheffield United appeared to have taken the lead at Villa Park when home ‘keeper Nyland made a meal of Norwood’s whipped-in free-kick, collided with a team-mate and appeared to carry the ball into the side-netting behind the post, despite fumbling efforts to push it back out.
Anyone witnessing this would be massively challenged to say it wasn’t a goal. Even the most diehard Villa fan... The Sheffield United players begun to celebrate, naturally, only for referee Michael Oliver, to point to his watch, clearing intimating it did not buzz and therefore according to goal-line technology, the ball didn’t cross the line.