Livingston 1 Morton 1: Martindale baffled after Lions denied late winner
dailyrecord.co.ukBy Ian Steven Livingston manager David Martindale was left baffled after the Lions were not given a late winner at Morton when Michael Nottingham’s header appeared to cross the line.The assistant referee David Roome and referee Euan Anderson ruled the ball did not cross the line after cannoning down off the cross bar.
But the Lions had only themselves to blame for spurning a rash of gilt-edged chances with Andrew Shinnie striking the upright and Matt Clarke missing an empty net.As it was, a penalty from Morton’s Owen Moffat pegged back an earlier opener from Scott Pittman for the home side.
But Martindale fumed: "The header is actually in. I will not tell you who I spoke to, but most of the Morton players, including the one who wears gloves said it was in."We looked at the video footage we have got and it was in.
It is difficult for officials to get that right without technology.“I don't want to sound like a smart ass, but I don’t know how we did not win that. “I thought we had some fantastic opportunities across the course of the game to take the three points.
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