Former elite-level referee Dermot Gallagher believes Bristol Rovers promotion-winner Elliot Anderson was cruelly denied his first Premier League goal by an inexplicable decision from the video assistant referee (VAR).
Anderson wheeled away in delight as he thought he had put Newcastle United 2-1 up against Nottingham Forest on Friday with a back-post header reminiscent of the all-important seventh goal in the fateful win over Scunthorpe United last season to clinch promotion for the Gas.
However, there was the dreaded delay as VAR Peter Bankes got involved and he eventually instructed referee Paul Tierney to rule the goal out for offside, not against 20-year-old Anderson but his teammate Sean Longstaff in the build-up.
