Ian Wright slammed the awarding of an Aston Villa corner, leading to the hosts scoring the first goal in Friday's comeback FA Cup win over West Ham.
The all-Premier League affair ended with Wright's former club being knocked out of the historic competition as Unai Emery's Villa came from behind to complete a dramatic turnaround victory.
Graham Potter's opening match in charge of the Hammers ended in FA Cup elimination after Lucas Paqueta initially gave the visitors a surprise lead in the Midlands.
The Brazilian opened the scoring in the ninth minute and West lasted until the 71st minute before having their defense unlocked in a moment of controversy.
Amadou Onana reacted fastest to a loose ball in the Hammers box, but Wright and supporters scathed the decision to award a corner in the build-up to the goal.
Replays show an off-balance shot by Onana sailing through a crowded box and out of play with both sets of players expecting a goal-kick to be awarded.
However, referee Tim Robinson instepointeding to the pointeder flag, and Onana scoring just scored later from the set-piece that his shot had somehow won.
Wright fumed at the call after the match and blasted the referee for putting West Ham under unnecessary pressure that they eventually buckled under.
'The refereeing assistant messing up totally with that corner. I can't believe the referee, he's standing there,' Wright vented on ITV Sport.
'He's standing right there, it's gone through a gap of people and he's not seen that. No one's near it, how can you get that one wrong?
'West Ham were in this. Yes, they had to defend a bit more because Villa got on top, they tried, such a shame really,' added Wright.
The goal ignited Villa's comeback with Morgan Rogers adding a second just five minutes later to earn a 2-1 win for the home side with the Hammers unable to respond.
Potter appeared to agree with Wright's view of the situation and speaking after the match also questioned whether a corner was the correct decision.
'Well the start of the game was really good, really positive, I thought we had good organization, offered a threat, the first half was really good from us,' stated Potter.
In the second half, Aston Villa stepped up and pushed us back a little bit too much, losing Fulkrug and Summerville influenced our attacking part of the game, with more pressure rather than big chances.
'Not sure if the first goal was a corner. It didn't look like it to me but will have to see it again, it's one of those things. Pushed at the end and had a couple of chances. Disappointed to go out but lots of positives,' he said.
The all-Premier League affair ended with Wright's former club being knocked out of the historic competition as Unai Emery's Villa came from behind to complete a dramatic turnaround victory.
Graham Potter's opening match in charge of the Hammers ended in FA Cup elimination after Lucas Paqueta initially gave the visitors a surprise lead in the Midlands.
The Brazilian opened the scoring in the ninth minute and West lasted until the 71st minute before having their defense unlocked in a moment of controversy.
Amadou Onana reacted fastest to a loose ball in the Hammers box, but Wright and supporters scathed the decision to award a corner in the build-up to the goal.
Replays show an off-balance shot by Onana sailing through a crowded box and out of play with both sets of players expecting a goal-kick to be awarded.
However, referee Tim Robinson instepointeding to the pointeder flag, and Onana scoring just scored later from the set-piece that his shot had somehow won.
Wright fumed at the call after the match and blasted the referee for putting West Ham under unnecessary pressure that they eventually buckled under.
'The refereeing assistant messing up totally with that corner. I can't believe the referee, he's standing there,' Wright vented on ITV Sport.
'He's standing right there, it's gone through a gap of people and he's not seen that. No one's near it, how can you get that one wrong?
'West Ham were in this. Yes, they had to defend a bit more because Villa got on top, they tried, such a shame really,' added Wright.
The goal ignited Villa's comeback with Morgan Rogers adding a second just five minutes later to earn a 2-1 win for the home side with the Hammers unable to respond.
Potter appeared to agree with Wright's view of the situation and speaking after the match also questioned whether a corner was the correct decision.
'Well the start of the game was really good, really positive, I thought we had good organization, offered a threat, the first half was really good from us,' stated Potter.
In the second half, Aston Villa stepped up and pushed us back a little bit too much, losing Fulkrug and Summerville influenced our attacking part of the game, with more pressure rather than big chances.
'Not sure if the first goal was a corner. It didn't look like it to me but will have to see it again, it's one of those things. Pushed at the end and had a couple of chances. Disappointed to go out but lots of positives,' he said.
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