Eberechi Eze: Ref Sam Barrott admitted mistake to disallow goal

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Eberechi Eze says ref Sam Barrott admitted mistake to disallow goal in Crystal Palace defeat at Brentford

England’s Eze thought he had opened the scoring when his quick-thinking free-kick caught out Mark Flekken at his near post, but referee Barrott had already blown for a foul by Will Hughes before the ball crossed the line.

The timing of his decision meant VAR was unable to intervene, while Palace had further cause for frustration when replays showed Hughes had a case for being fouled himself.

To add insult to injury, Palace fell behind to Bryan Mbeumo’s fine solo effort moments later and went on to lose 2-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium, for their first league defeat since April 6.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp labelled Barrott’s decision a “nightmare” while Eze was more philosophical in his assessment of the call, though he claimed the 31-year-old had admitted his error for not letting play go on.

Eze told Sky Sports: “The referee said he blew too early and made a mistake, so fair enough, everyone makes mistakes, but that was a goal that could have made the difference today. “We feel a little bit [hard done by] because as he said, it was a mistake, but listen, we had so many other chances to score today, especially me, so one of those days and we just move on to the next one.