Coyle anger at Everton goal (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Coyle anger at Everton goal

6:56pm Monday 28th December 2009

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Furious Burnley boss Owen Coyle insisted that Everton's breakthrough goal should not have been allowed as the Toffees grabbed two late strikes to claim a 2-0 win at Goodison Park.

Youngster James Vaughan, making only his third substitutes' appearance of another injury hit season, struck Everton's first from close range with eight minutes left.

But it looked as if Ayegbeni Yakubu was standing in an offside position in front of Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen, blocking the Dane's view of the play.

Steven Pienaar grabbed a second for Everton in injury-time, but Coyle claims the damage had already been done.

He said: "Yakubu was definitely offside in front of Jensen, he is a big lad and our keeper could not see the play. Jensen stuck out a foot, but Yakubu was clearly interfering with play.

"Howard Webb is a good referee and he was in no position to see it, but he should expect to get assistance from his linesman, who could surely see where the Everton player was standing when the ball went into the net.

"It influenced the game. I just want fair decisions and that was not fair."

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