Chelsea women's boss Sonia Bompastor is calling for the introduction of more new technology in the women's game to stop the sort of glaring errors that prevented Matildas captain Sam Kerr celebrating a new goalscoring record.
Bompastor was livid after Chelsea's Women's Super League match at Everton on Sunday about the poor oversight which ensured Kerr wasn't credited with a hat-trick goal in the 4-1 win.
Kerr' who had already netted twice, hit the post with her header, and the ball was seen to clearly cross the goalline, with the striker protesting it was a goal, even as officials somehow missed it.
If it had been allowed, it would have given the 32-year-old, whose future at the club after this season is uncertain, the outright title of Chelsea's leading Women's Super League scorer, surpassing the mark of 63 she shared with Fran Kirby when she had scored her second goal of the day in Sunday's clash.
It also would have been her 114th goal for Chelsea across all competitions,and she would have been trailing Kirby by just two as the club's all-time top scorer.
"She levelled the most league goals with Fran Kirby but in reality she went top because that goal was a clear goal," Bompastor said.
"I think it just shows again, we need to have the technology next season in this league.
"The league is the most competitive league in the world and we need to be at a really good level in terms of these decisions.
"We won the game by a three-goal difference so it didn't create a lot of conversations, but if we had been in a situation where the goal difference at the end of the season would have been important, then this goal is something I would have been really upset about.
"So that's mainly the reason we need the technology, for things to be fair for everyone."
Kerr herself remained fairly philosophical about missing out on the outright record, shrugging: "I think it was over, but they can't get them all right. At least we won..."
