Derby County boss Paul Warne was left unhappy with fans rather baffled at a goal disallowed in the defeat against Ipswich Town on Saturday.
The Tractorboys picked up a seventh straight victory over the Rams at Pride Park to close in on the top two sides Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle in League One.
The away side caught Derby at the break on 17 minutes with Nathan Broadhead crossing the ball to Wes Burns, who then headed the ball down to Conor Chaplin, making no mistake from 12 yards.
Derby battled their way into the game and went close in the 33rd minute when a James Collins cross came back off Cameron Burgess, with keeper Christian Walton holding onto it.
Derby had a great chance of equalising on the verge of half time when Nathaniel Mendez Laing crossed to the back-post, but David McGoldrick put it into the side netting.
Derby thought that they had scored on 49 minutes but Eiran Cashin’s corner header was disallowed for a foul.
Ipswich then doubled their lead through Burns with 15 minutes remaining. Joe Wildsmith denied Burns and only George Hirst was able to fire in the rebound.
Warne felt the Rams’ disallowed goal just after half time was a massive turning point.
Eiran Cashin sent a header across goal and into the corner of the net, however, referee Anthony Backhouse ruled it out on the basis of a foul on Christian Walton.
Replays suggested David McGoldrick sought to play the ball at the far post when in an offside position.
Can someone point out the foul for me please? https://t.co/g5XmaWMxCs pic.twitter.com/zQD3bd5PH0
— Lewis (@LewisJubb) April 1, 2023
Here ya go Derby fans your 15 on our 15 that’s why the goal was disallowed #itfc #dcfc pic.twitter.com/HwPFipCGP9
— Luke Hudson (@LukeHuddyHudson) April 2, 2023
“First 10 minutes we were poor and nervy and the last 10 minutes we underperformed but the other 70 I thought we were pretty good,” Warne told the club’s official website.
“Ipswich scored a very good counter-attack goal that if I wasn’t a manager in the other dugout I’d have applauded.
“The lads came into this game not fully confident but I thought they played their way into it pretty well and then the second half I thought we were brighter and had a bit more confidence and had a right go.”
On Cashin’s disallowed header: “The massive turning point for me is the disallowed goal. If we’d have scored that, the place was alight and that’s how games swing.
“It was disappointing that that wasn’t given and we were trying to throw bodies forward and we were always open to the counter.
“Fundamentally they are another couple of windows down. This time last year they were getting the foundations. Earlier in the week I said I thought they were the best team in the league and today I still think that.
“We’ve dropped out of the play-offs but luckily for us in the [late season] games I don’t think we play anyone apart from the last one [Sheffield Wednesday away] of Ipswich Town’s ilk.
“We’ve got seven games to go and if we can win a lot of them we give ourselves a right chance.”
Adding to what he was told about the disallowed goal by the officials: “I couldn’t see anything wrong with it. The fourth official told me there was a foul on the goalkeeper and we watched it back, there isn’t a foul on the goalkeeper. People will see that themselves and that is a massive decision.
“An official has apologised going up the tunnel but these are monumental decisions. They apologised to me for the Plymouth decision too but they are massive decisions.
“Today I am hugely disappointed with that because I do believe getting that goal early in the second-half would have given us a right boost and we’d have gone for it.
“It’s disappointing when a linesman from 40 yards away thinks he’s seen something and now realises he might have not done.”
On Ipswich: “They are an outstanding team. They’ve got Freddie Ladapo who I had [at Rotherham] and he’s an unbelievable striker who’s on their bench. He can score 20+ goals at any level at any time.
“They’ve got threat up top, they’ve got pace and they’ve got guile, which is the nicest compliment I can give. That’s what you get when you go shopping.
“That’s where we want to be. I could see the way they wanted to play when I played against them last year and they’ve stuck with it and 12 months later they are bearing the fruit because their performance was very good but they had to be very good to beat us.
“If we had to play them in the play-off final if we get that far then hopefully the decisions might go away and it may be a different outcome.
“We’ve got a lot of opportunities to put it right, we’ve got another game next week so let’s see what we get.”
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna said post-match: “There was a lot to like today.
“We had good shape and started on the front foot. We took control of the ball in the early stages and that takes a lot of courage.
“After we got the goal, we held our shape and found good balance between defending our goal and having a threat on the counter-attack. We also took the ball well and played through pressure.
“The first goal was wonderful. It was a textbook counter-attack and I loved it so much. The ball across was brilliant and so was the cushioned header and finish. I don’t think you’ll see a better counter-attacking goal anywhere and it shows how the players and coaching staff have been working to develop that side of the game.
“Overall it was a tough game and we needed to show resilience as well as other qualities. That’s what we did.
“Credit to the whole squad because the way we have worked for the last two weeks or so was evident in today’s game plan and performance. It’s a day to enjoy.”
𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗜𝗡 🖐
Enjoy! 🍿#itfc pic.twitter.com/c6R2C38MX9
— Ipswich Town FC (@IpswichTown) April 2, 2023
As mentioned, Derby boss Paul Warne was unhappy along with fans baffled at the goal disallowed in Saturday’s defeat against Ipswich…
@MorganSmith1000: The fact none of your lads were complaining is a clear indicator they all knew there was a foul lad
@LewisJubb: Because most of the players had ran back to the halfway line expecting a kick off after we’d scored. After this the players were arguing asking wtf was the problem. If you can point out a foul for me I will wait, because you clearly can’t.
@RadioRobC: All the focus is on Didsy but it’s a clear push on Town’s number 15, Burgess, who would’ve cleared the danger but for being shoved from behind and taken down.
@EuseOwl: Never a foul
@_NASH93: Think we was lucky there. Not sure why it got disallowed looking at that
@LukeHuddyHudson: 2 hands into burgess back most blatant push you will see
@brandonamess_: The Lino has already came out and apologised he got it wrong bud you don’t need to keep trying to convince everyone
@dan_rosenblatt: Should have stood but so should our goal v Barnsley to go 3-1 up before they equalised. We’ve also had less pens than we deserved so you just take it and move on
@Clarkey_No1: I’m biased here, happy with the push, although a little soft. Is McGoldrick not offside though? It’s clearly headed on to him.
@4ndsim: If this is an issue, check what happened to Forsyth on your opening goal. Fell behind the goal line and your player held him on the ball to stop him tracking back. We can find fouls everywhere. You got lucky with this decision. There’s no harm in saying it…
@Seventythree7t3: THE GOAL WAS CHALKED OFF FOR A FOUL ON THE KEEPER IN THE EYES OF THE LINESMAN 40 YARDS AWAY. invent any other foul/offside you wish but it’s the above ”offence” only therefore outrageously bad officiating.
@ianjgodders: Looks pretty obvious to me. Clear push on Burgess otherwise he would have headed clear. Didzy then infringing Walton when in an offside position & it even looks like he gets a touch as well. Good case for any one of those to be the reason for it being disallowed.
@Rcj71Rob: The officials said it was Diddzy on the Keeper why it was given as a foul. Then apologised for getting it wrong after the match. Doesn’t matter now, onto the next game for us. Ipswich we’re quality on Sat, that’s where we need to be in next 2/3 seasons 👍🏻🐏
@OldBenjiKenobi: Oi @EFL what the hell is going on here and your crap officials!!
@kinsey_08: But the efl don’t have an agenda against us 🫠
@s35ram: Another game and another horrific decision against us #dcfc
@Adam_Lillie10: Whoever decision it was to disallow that wants removing from all games indefinitely @EFL @FA_PGMOL corrupt as usual and not fit for purpose. Standard of officials is shocking as has been for years why won’t something get done or looked at
@SuaveEvertonian: Was an honourable Derby fan at the game for the day, but never a foul from where I was sat. Dreadful decision
@123claire123: Im still so angry about this. Could have changed the outcome of the game! Errors this big have to have ramifications any other job would
@dilksy123: Shocking decision
@littledan48: Never! Problem is the officials never get held to account…. He will just move on to the next game… seems like officials have a free pass to influence games…..🤔
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