Southend boss Chris Powell fuming at disallowed effort

Posted Sunday, December 02, 2018 by PA

Chris Powell was left fuming at the officials following Southend’s 4-2 defeat against Barnsley at Roots Hall.

Shrimpers centre-back Michael Turner saw what would have been a late equaliser controversially ruled out for offside in the FA Cup second-round clash.

And Powell felt the goal, which would have made it 3-3, should have stood.

“We should have got it to 3-3 and without a shadow of a doubt it’s a legitimate goal,” said Powell. “I asked the officials why it was disallowed and they said the goalscorer was offside.

“They said nothing about our two lads following in and it should be a goal.

“That was the massive turning point and it’s the point in the game everyone will talk about.

“It looked a bit beyond the officials today because there were so many decisions I could talk about.

“But Barnsley are a good side and this was always going to be a tough tie because I think they’re the best team we’ve played in the league so far this season.

“However, their second and third goals are down to individual mistakes and they shouldn’t happen.”

Barnsley boss Daniel Stendel felt his side were worthy winners.

“We had so many chances to score and we were the better team,” said Stendel. “It was not easy but it was a real victory for us in the end and we deserved it.

“We should have made it more than we did and we had chances in the second half too.

“We definitely had more chances than them so it was a shock Southend seemed to have scored a third, but the better team was us.”