England’s equaliser against Norway in the World Cup quarter-final was clouded by controversy on Saturday night.
Jude Bellingham levelled the scores at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, with a well-taken finished past Orjen Nyland in the Norwegian net, but there were protests from the Scandinavians about the lead-up to the goal.
Nyland took a goal kick in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, with the ball appearing to clip a cable that one of the overhead televisions cameras was connected to, before landing back down on the turf and falling in English possession.
The Three Lions strung another two passes together before teeing up Bellingham, who slotted home for 1-1.
In a statement, FIFA said that it had "checked the data and no peak on the graph from the connected ball heartbeat sensor", meaning that the Three Lions’ equaliser correctly stood.
Thomas Tuchel’s men had already fallen behind to Andreas Schjelderup’s opener on 35 minutes, but England had wanted a foul on Harry Kane by Patrick Berg in the build-up which was not given by referee Clement Turpin.
Norway then had a second goal disallowed in the second half as Erling Haaland was adjudged to have pushed Elliot Anderson too forcefully as the pair jostled for positions ahead of a Martin Odegaard corner, which Torbjorn Heggem prodded home to give his side what he thought was their lead back.
England were taken to extra time by Norway in Florida, with the Three Lions taken to an extra half-hour for the first time at this summer’s tournament.
Bellingham struck again in the 93rd minute, tucking home a rebound to put Tuchel’s side ahead for the first time and notch his sixth goal in as many games,
