“One of the main problems for Bournemouth is that the Premier League rules make it perfectly clear that matches are to ‘proceed even if goal-line technology is unavailable for part or all of’ the match and that the ‘referee’s decision as to whether a goal has been scored shall be final’.All rights reserved. "But, getting on to any claim of negligence is where I would consider Bournemouth to have difficulties. "Referee Michael Oliver received no signal to award a goal and play continued, the game finishing in a goalless draw.To date, no lawyers have been instructed. Free bets will credited by 7pm on Monday.Hawk-Eye apologised for its error, claiming the obstruction was like nothing they had seen in 9,000 games using the technology, though images of the "occlusion" have not yet been released. We got neither. You listen to the statement that's been given by Hawk-Eye, my issue is one of frustration, seven cameras haven't picked it up, the most technical league in the world, video analysis and everything we see at every angle hasn't seen a goal. No lawyers have been contacted on the incident but the Bournemouth board is considering legal action after their relegation. A few months before the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool which led to the term "ghost goal" entering the lexicon, Pedro Mendes of Tottenham Hotspur caught Manchester United's goalkeeper Roy Carroll off his line with a shot from 55 yards out, in the 89th minute of a Premier League match in 4 January 2005. Had they both finished with 34 points, however, Villa would have been relegated on goal difference.“As a result, a claim against the Premier League (including the match officials) would be tough to establish… [and] unlikely to succeed.”“The rules that Bournemouth have signed up to make it clear that clubs need to accept that the system may not work and that in the case of match decisions the buck stops with the referee. "Oliver Norwood's 42nd-minute free-kick was fumbled by Nyland, who collided with team-mate Keinan Davis and fell into his side-netting.Hawk-Eye released a statement apologising after a blunder by Aston Villa's goalkeeper Orjan Nyland, who carried the ball over the line against Sheffield United in the first game back after lockdown, was not detected by their goal-line technology system. Villa conceded a “goal” against Sheffield United in June that was not awarded by referee Michael Oliver after Hawk-Eye’s cameras failed to spot the ball had clearly crossed the line. Referee Kevin Friend has blown a whistle when we have scored a goal. On the final day of the season Villa stayed up, a point ahead of relegated Bournemouth. United scored a perfectly good goal in the 41st minute when Oliver Norwood’s free kick was bundled over the line by Villa’s Norwegian goalkeeper Orjan Nyland.