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Fury and frustration for Wolves

Gary O'Neil, Manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, reacts towards Referee Tony Harrington at full-timeImage source, Getty Images
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How Gary O'Neil must wish for the days when he didn't spend the aftermath of matches having to bite his tongue - or not, as the case may be - as the minor details of rule interpretations are explained to him.

There is no doubt Tawanda Chirewa was offside as Maximilian Kilman's header flew into the net in the ninth minute of injury-time.

But, did he prevent Lukasz Fabianski getting to the ball?

It didn't seem so. But, just by being in Fabianski's eye-line, has Chirewa made the decisive intervention?

I can imagine O'Neil's incredulity at that.

As referees' chief Howard Webb keeps saying, these are judgement calls - people agree and disagree.

It didn't look as though there was any meeting of minds between O'Neil and referee Tony Harrington at the final whistle.

There certainly wasn't with the Wolves fans.