Well it was a bit more significant, as it was against a promotion rival, giving them an extra point.I heard somebody saying last week that it looked like that last minute equaliser by Burnley was going to cost us automatic promotion. I can understand why people say it, but really, that last minute goal was no more significant than any other equaliser we've let in. No more significant than Milton Keynes spanking a 93rd minute penalty wide either.
They wouldn't have had that chance if Barton had been sent off, he passed it down the wing. If he had been sent off, we'd have been a goal up against 10 men, and would have won. So the bad luck completely outweighed the good.Bad luck= Barton not getting sent off, and then winning the late free kick from which Burnley scored. Good luck: the moment in the same game where the ball looked like it crossed the line and wasn't given.
It just looks really close to me, probably on side. But 0.2 seconds before that, he was a yard closer to the goal. The linesman can't pause the image as the pass is made, it was a really difficult decision.Offside. As an earlier poster said look at the mower lines. Camera angle makes him look onside.