? 'The technology is there. It takes seconds to tell'
? Carlo Ancelotti admits his Chelsea side were 'lucky'
Harry Redknapp said the linesman Mike Cairns had "guessed wrong" and called for the introduction of goalline technology after Frank Lampard's equaliser was allowed to stand despite television replays suggesting his shot had failed to cross the line.
Lampard's shot squirmed through Heurelho Gomes' weak attempt to gather just before half-time with the Brazilian then clawing the ball back from the line only for the referee Andre Marriner, on advice from Cairns, to award the goal. Replays suggested the entire ball had not crossed the line, with Spurs' sense of injustice further inflamed when Salomon Kalou scored a late winner from an offside position.
"The linesman's made a call, an honest judgment, but he's guessed," said Redknapp. "He's on the 18-yard line when the ball's on the goalline, so it's impossible to judge. He's had a guess and he's guessed wrong, an honest mistake. But until we get technology, it'll keep happening. When Frank Lampard can hit a shot that goes two feet over the line [against Germany in last summer's World Cup knock-out match] and it's not given, why aren't we using the technology? People say it'll take the fun out of the game, but the game is about getting decisions right.
"It's not the linesman's fault. He's not done it purposefully, looking to give Chelsea a goal. But if you're in doubt you shouldn't give it. He's gambled. The crowd have gone up and he's thought: 'Yes, it must be a goal.' You do tend to get decisions like that at home. But he's guessed. The technology is there. It takes seconds to tell, looking at a replay. Why can't the fourth official, instead of telling me to get back into my box, watch a screen and say: 'no goal'. It takes seconds."
Victory took Chelsea to within three points of Manchester United at the top, with a trip to Old Trafford next Sunday. "Obviously, we'd like to have won the game with a different situation, but today we were lucky," said Carlo Ancelotti. "We have to be honest and say this. When you see it on the television you can see that the decision was wrong. It was a difficult one, but we have to accept it when things are good for us and also when they go against us."
Kalou's winner, prodded in after Didier Drogba's shot had squirted across the six-yard box, was similarly controversial with the scorer just offside, a call ignored by the other linesman, Martin Yerby. "It was marginal, very close, but it was offside," said Redknapp, whose Tottenham team may slip seven points behind Manchester City in the fourth Champions League qualification place if Roberto Mancini's team beat West Ham on Sunday. "But what can we do about it?
"It shows where we've come from this season that we can now play the Chelseas and Arsenals, all these teams, and compete. Now we have to make sure we're still positive. If we don't make the Champions League this year, we can't throw in the towel and go back to being an eighth, ninth or 10th place side in the league. This is a club that can win a championship in the next few years. We need to add one or two players, not take a backward step. We've got to keep being positive."
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/apr/30/harry-redknapp-spurs-chelsea
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