Nyland goes long\u00d8rjan H\u00e5skjold Nyland\u2019s goal-kick late in the first half of Norway\u2019s World Cup quarter-final with England is intercepted by Elliot Anderson. Photograph: BBC<\/p>\n
Norway\u2019s goalkeeper, \u00d8rjan Nyland, launches a goal-kick down the pitch two minutes into stoppage time at the end of the first half. The ball falls just inside England\u2019s half, near the touchline, where Elliot Anderson is able to gather possession and drive forward.<\/p>\n
The ball \u2018drops\u2019 to AndersonElliot Anderson with the ball at his feet having intercepted \u00d8rjan Nyland\u2019s goal-kick. Photograph: FOX<\/p>\n
The sudden, sharp descent of the ball towards Anderson suggests something may have interfered with its trajectory while in mid-air.<\/p>\n
Bellingham bursts forward and scoresJude Bellingham holds off the challenge of Torbj\u00f8rn Heggem to score the first of his two goals in Miami. Photograph: Marta Lavandier\/AP<\/p>\n
Anderson plays a through pass to Anthony Gordon who, having collected the ball, plays it inside to Jude Bellingham, who brilliantly carries it into Norway\u2019s penalty area before sweeping a shot past Nyland to get England back on level terms just before the break.<\/p>\n
Nyland is up in arms\u00d8rjan Nyland protests to the referee, Cl\u00e9ment Turpin, in the aftermath of Bellingham\u2019s first goal. Photograph: BBC<\/p>\n
As England celebrate, Norway are up in arms, no one more so than Nyland, who runs towards the referee, Cl\u00e9ment Turpin, making clear his belief that the ball hit something, namely an overhead cable used to suspend a robotically controlled camera, before dropping into the path of Anderson.<\/p>\n
\u2026 so too are Norway\u2019s coachesNorway\u2019s coaching staff are clearly not happy with the nature of Bellingham\u2019s goal. Photograph: BBC<\/p>\n
Norway\u2019s coaching staff also react in frustration at Bellingham\u2019s goal, making clear that they, too, believe the ball hit an overhead cable. \u201cMany on the bench reacted immediately,\u201d said Norway\u2019s manager, St\u00e5le Solbakken. \u201cI was not one of them, but many saw it. The ball fell down straight in front of the bench, so it did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Expressing his own frustrations, Norway\u2019s midfielder Sander Berge said: \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous, this one with the wire. There are small margins and we know which way it went.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fifa deny foul playFifa\u2019s \u2018snicko\u2019 reader suggests there was noting untoward with Bellingham\u2019s first goal. Photograph: BBC<\/p>\n
Fifa release a statement denying Nyland\u2019s goal-kick had been unfairly, and illegally, intercepted while in mid-air. \u201cBefore England\u2019s goal \u2026 the sensor in the Connected Ball showed no peak in the \u2018heartbeat of the ball\u2019 when in the air, and therefore no evidence that the ball touched the overhead wire and changed the movement of the ball,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the incident, Thomas Tuchel added: \u201cThere is a chip in the ball who can tell you if a hair touches it, so they should be able to tell you if it [a touch] happened [here].\u201d<\/p>\n
Viking party is a Viking funeralNorway fans gathered in Oslo cannot bear to look during their team\u2019s defeat to England and subsequent World Cup exit. Photograph: Leonhard F\u00f6ger\/Reuters<\/p>\n