The
decision to award a 49th-minute goal to Juan Mata,
putting Chelsea
"That second goal was a disaster," Tottenham manager Harry
Redknapp said. "It was an honest mistake but when you look at it, it was
nowhere near over the line."
Despite eventually losing by a four-goal margin, Redknapp said referee
Martin Atkinson's awarding of the second goal proved crucial as it forced him
to go on the attack in the final 20 minutes, leaving his defense open.
"We need goal-line technology, surely. You can't have situations
like that," said Redknapp, who revealed that Atkinson had acknowledged his
mistake when the pair spoke after the match. "I'm not going to sit here
and say we would have won. But if you aren't behind, you don't go and open up
as we did."
Atkinson made the decision, not his linesman, even though there was a
mass of bodies on the line after a number of players fell in a heap after
competing for a high ball in a melee in the six-yard box.
"I
find it hard to believe he could see it from where he was," Spurs defender Ledley Kingsaid.
When asked if Mata's goal proved to be the turning point in the match,
Chelsea
"Sometimes you get a decision, sometimes you don't. But I can
understand their frustration."
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