FOSTER’S REFFING FURIOUS

PLYMOUTH manager Ian Foster was furious with referee James Linington after his side were left deep in the relegation scrap.

High-flying Norwich (celebrating, above) scored two second-half goals to take the points, after being stunned by Morgan Whittaker’s 10th-minute opener, his 20th of the season.

The second-half comeback brought Linington’s decision not to award a penalty to Plymouth, when Alfie Devine went down under a challenge from keeper Angus Gunn, under the spotlight.

And the official’s insistence that Lewis

Gibson went off before the corner that led to the winner was also a bone of contention.

“All we ask is that the officials make the right calls and that wasn’t the case today,” said Foster. “For me it was a clear penalty. Their keeper slid in, didn’t get the ball and took Alfie out – but he gave a yellow to Alfie.

“For the corner there was a collision between two of our players and immediately the referee calls the physio on – he doesn’t ask if our player needed treatment, which he didn’t.”

The match was settled by two goals inside seven minutes, both from rightwing corners.

The first saw substitute Christian Fassnacht playing the ball low into the path of the deep lying Josh Sargent, who had the space he needed to sweep home his 14th goal of the season.

Gabriel Sara then sent in a more conventional corner to the near past where Sam Mccallum headed it on and a deflection off Ashley Phillips took the ball into far corner.

“It was probably not at the level we have shown over the past few games but once again the players have put in a shift,” said Canaries boss David Wagner.