Former referees chief Keith Hackett sympathises with Nigel Pearson's complaints after Bristol City's 2-2 draw with West Brom, claiming the Robins were "unfortunate" not to get a late offside call which would have disallowed Adam Reach's equaliser.
In the closing stages of the contest at Ashton Gate, with City leading 2-1, a pass is played into Jake Livermore whose first-time touch is into the path of Reach to convert. However, the player making the assist appears to be ever so slightly ahead of the Robins defence when he receives the initial pass.
After the game, Pearson said: "Livermore was offside by the way. For the goal, he was offside. You can’t expect the officials to get you over the line quite frankly. Sometimes I might expect it the other way round but I don’t expect that."
