Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:27

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A still shot of the second disallowed goal where the ball appeared to have crossed the line.LONDON: Everton were robbed of third place in the Premier League table at Goodison Park this morning by two bungled decisions in a thrilling and dramatic clash which ended in a 2-2 draw, The Sun reported.

Assistant referee Ceri Richards wrongly flagged midfielder Marouane Fellaini offside for a second-half strike and then failed to see that a Victor Anichebe header had crossed the line.

Everton manager David Moyes headed for the referee's room straight after the match and said: “I had a word there but not ranting and raving. I just said ‘Hey, you missed two goals’.

“But we can’t get them back now and I just hope the linesman has a look to see how he missed them. I don’t know how he missed them but it does affect the outcome of the game and what can I do about it?

“There’s nothing that I can do about it.

“I’m sure he will have a look at them himself and see if he got it right or wrong, which we all know as we’ve seen it.

“On the offside goal, the linesman gets it wrong because Fellaini was onside. Their job is also to look along the line and you hope the linesman sees the ball crosses the line.

“You see many occasions when they don’t get it right and tonight was another.”

Even Newcastle manager Alan Pardew admitted the match officials bungled.

“The one over the line was definitely in and I have said all along, as a lot of Premier League managers have, that the technology must come in," he said.

“It has cost Everton a crucial goal here, though this could be a massive, massive result for us. We showed we were never going to give in.”

Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper said: “The ball was behind me. I genuinely thought I had saved it but apparently it was over the line.”

Everton's goals were scored by Leighton Baines and Victor Anichebe in the 15th and 88th minutes respectively. Newcastle replied through Demba Ba in the 49th and 90th minutes.

- mD