Brendan Rodgers has responded to Wilfred Ndidi's disallowed goal in Leicester City's 2-1 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
After out jumping his markers to nod home a corner, Ndidi felt he had leveled the score at 2-2.
His joy was cut short, though, as teammate Harvey Barnes was called for offside.
Barnes' goal was also disallowed due to an offside call on replacement Ademola Lookman.
Rodgers said he understood why Lookman's goal was disallowed, but that Ndidi's goal should have been allowed to stand.
“The first one, I can see a little bit of, it was similar to Norwich, the sort that comes in, it's in the middle of the goal, I think the keeper [Robert Sanchez] thinks Jannik is going to head it and he misses it, so it takes him off guard,” Rodgers explained.
“I believe he can see the ball, but I can see why Barnsey [Harvey Barnes] is half-blocking him on that one.
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But on the second one, Barnes is moving out, everything is in front of the goalkeeper, he can see it, it's simply a tremendous leap and a great header, and he was never obstructed from the goalkeeper's view.
“I think today we just never had the luck on our side with those decisions, and I think that ultimately cost us. The keeper is six foot five or whatever he is, and he's seen it all the way, it was just a great header, so I think today we just never had the luck on our side with those decisions, and I think that ultimately cost us.
“If you watch him, he comes out earlier on the second one; I think it was simply bad luck for him on both instances, but especially on the second.”
Rodgers was “disappointed” by the penalty awarded to Brighton, claiming Leicester defender Jannik Vestergaard was fouled before the ball struck his hand while defending a corner.
“I think the first one was never a penalty, and I was dissatisfied with the process in terms of how it was delivered, but I think it was apparent that it wasn't a penalty,” she said.
“Jannik [Vestergaard] has been fouled, he's been taken down, and his arm is up because he's been fouled, and then the ball heads right into his hand without him even looking at it.
“It was a pretty severe judgment, and the process, as I said, the fourth official didn't see it, the referee had given a corner, the linesman who was quite a distance away awarded it, and then obviously Stuart didn't look at it, so I didn't think it was a penalty.”
