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Rich Jones & Nathan Ridley

Lee Dixon and Peter Walton disagree over controversial France goal vs England

ITV's Lee Dixon and Peter Walton disagreed over VAR 's role as France took the lead against England in their World Cup quarter-final clash.

Ex-Arsenal defender Dixon appeared to suggested that the off-site officiating team should've told Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio to look back on a potential foul for England after Bukayo Saka went down 45 seconds before Aurelien Tchouameni lashed the ball beyond Jordan Pickford, giving the French a slender half-time advantage.

Former Premier League referee Walton, however, wasn't convinced, claiming that Three Lions star Saka went down too easily after a tussle with France's Dayot Upamecano. Dixon began by saying after Tchouameni's long-range effort hit the back of the net: "It's a great strike, it really is, but it looked like a foul at the other end of the pitch to me.

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