Johnson: Yes, it was offside
LEE Johnson had no problem with the late disallowed goal that denied Sunderland a point against Burton Albion.
The Black Cats thought Tom Flanagan had equalised in the last moments of stoppage time but their celebrations were cut short by an offside flag.
Sunderland boss Johnson was unhappy at full-time but says it was the lack of time added on that he was complaining about.
“I wasn’t moaning about the disallowed goal, I was angry about the lack of time added on at the end,” he said.
“It was supposed to be four minutes but it ended up being about three.
“There was loads going on and Burton were wasting time but I felt we could create an opportunity in every minute at the end.
“For the goal, though, I looked at the linesman straightaway and I thought it was offside.”
Johnson was happy with his side’s performance, despite the result.
“I thought we were really good. I thought Burton were good in terms of their solidarity and their set-play but I thought in our general play we were very slick, very solid,” he said.
“We had fantastic control and created some brilliant chances right from the first 20 minutes when we could have been a couple of goals to the good but even though we didn’t finish we kept going and I can’t really pick out any individual to say they didn’t give it a go.
“We have to just up our final ball and it was just about quality in the final third.
“We have it in abundance but Burton’s good defending and our inability to pick out that important goal-ball stopped us.
“I think if you play that game 100 times, we would win 85 of them.”