"I'm amazed" - Burnley FC: Scott Parker tears into "mistake" in West Brom stalemate | OneFootball

Parker was upset with the referee's decision to disallow Anthony's goal at The Hawthorns.

Burnley boss Scott Parker believes his side were denied a legitimate goal when Jaidon Anthony had his effort ruled out against West Bromwich Albion on Thursday evening.

Speaking to the Irish News after the game, the Clarets' boss Parker certainly made his views known on the decision, which has caused much controversy and discussion on social media.

Coming into this game, they were in real need of a win, having gone winless in their previous three games.

Losing against Millwall on Sunday despite having plenty of possession, Parker's side knew they needed to make the most of the ball and be more of a threat in the final third, having fired a blank at The Den in their 1-0 defeat and lost ground in the automatic promotion race.

But even though opponents West Brom were on a winless run themselves, the Lancashire outfit would have known that this was never going to be an easy game.

In fairness to the visitors at The Hawthorns, they probably had the better chances in the end, and they were even able to put the ball into the back of the net, with Anthony getting the better of Callum Styles at the back post to head the ball past Alex Palmer.

Anthony had already started celebrating when the decision was made to award Albion a free-kick - and many people saw this as a very harsh decision.

The Clarets' winger was judged to have pushed Styles, but the contact appeared to be minimal.

In the end, the visitors were unable to grab a winning goal and the game ended 0-0, much to their frustration.

Scott Parker issues verdict on Jaidon Anthony's disallowed Burnley goal

Unsurprisingly, Parker came out after the game and gave his verdict on that key moment, and it's clear he thought the goal should have stood.

He said, as quoted by the Irish News: "Any person watching the game tonight, there’s probably only one man who decided it wasn’t a goal and didn’t think it was, was the ref.

"Clear goal wasn’t it? Really disappointing regarding that. He (referee) didn’t give an explanation, it is what it is now we can’t change that.

"I’m amazed he’s give the decision, the linesman is literally in line and the ref decided to give the decision, I do know the linesman didn’t give it, he didn’t communicate it was a foul and it clearly wasn’t. Very soft.

"It was just so, so soft and the ref thought he seen something there that wasn’t, legitimate goal has been wiped off.

"The boy who was meant to have got fouled didn’t react. It was a late whistle, he’s made a mistake tonight which we all make mistakes."

Jaidon Anthony has the right to feel upset after disallowed goal

There didn't seem to be much contact and it was an extremely soft decision.

It's fair to see that the officials will always make mistakes - because they're only human.

However, this seemed like a particularly poor decision and it was one that cost the Clarets two points, so Anthony and his team have every right to feel upset about that call.

In fairness to Parker, he handled himself fairly well in the post-match press conference.

And he could use this controversial decision to galvanise his team and motivate them to go on a winning run.