Burnley midfielder Sander Berge said it’s ‘difficult to say’ whether what would have been the Clarets’ winning goal against Nottingham Forest on Monday night should have stood after it was disallowed.
Berge was the culprit after an alleged handball in the build up for what would have been Burnley’s second goal, which stopped Lyle Foster scoring a third goal in as many games.
Manager Vincent Kompany refused to be drawn towards the controversy, whilst Brentford manager Thomas Frank and pundit Jamie Carragher thought it was ‘harsh’.
The Norwegian midfielder said that he did not really know much about it at the time, so is still undecided.
“I went with McKenna, the ball just drops there, I run and all of a sudden the ball comes with me,” Berge told The Burnley Express.
“When I ran through it’s not like I felt I used my hand with any purpose to get the ball with me, it’s just my natural movement.
“When we score I don’t really think about it as being a handball. The referee asked me if I used my hand and I couldn’t really tell, I just felt like I had my arm next to my body with just a normal running movement.
“It’s a strange one. I haven’t seen it back yet so it’s difficult to say.”
Sander Berge takes a lot of positives from performance
Despite the controversy surrounding the disallowed goal, Berge says they can take a lot of positives from the performance.
“The lads showed very good character. This is a tough place to come, they obviously won away at Chelsea in their last game but we stepped up,” he added.
“After some difficult home games we wanted to show ourselves and we were working really hard on the training ground, going through our games again and again to analyse what we can do better.
“It’s a learning process for each and every one of us in the squad. There’s not a lot of previous Premier League experience but I think we’re on the right step for sure and this showed what we’re capable of.
“Even when they made it 1-1, we were still pushing for a winner away at a hostile environment, so I’m proud of the lads and we were unfortunate not to come away with the three points.”