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Fuming Lewis Dunk calls out 'embarrassing, horrendous' decision by referee Lee Mason to rule out his equaliser away at West Brom... with Brighton captain left reeling as he insists he HAD been given the green light to take the free-kick

Lewis Dunk demanded greater transparency from referees after an ‘embarrassing, horrendous’ decision from Lee Mason denied the Brighton captain an equaliser in their 1-0 defeat at West Brom.

Mason, only a fortnight after being demoted to the Championship following two VAR blunders, controversially ruled out Dunk’s first-half equaliser in a chaotic refereeing performance that ended with him limping to the finish line.

The 49-year-old disallowed, allowed and then again disallowed Dunk’s quick free-kick – flip-flopping with the ‘help’ of VAR Simon Hooper in deciding whether Mason had blown his whistle before Dunk’s shot had crossed the line.