‘I thought it hit his face’: Skubala speaks on controversial incident

LINCOLN City manager Michael Skubala claims that he believes the ball struck Jack Moylan in the face rather than his arm in Saturday’s League One match against Reading.

The Royals felt hard done by after referee Alex Chilowicz did not award them a penalty when the ball appeared to strike the hand of Moylan who blocked Paul Mukairu’s shot on the line.

“I haven’t seen it, I honestly haven’t seen it back,” said Skubala.

“All I thought was if someone is striking the ball at 100 miles an hour from a metre away, how are you going to get out of the way of it?

“I thought it hit his face. He said it replace Dorsett and Mukairu.

The Imps had the advantage on 73 minutes when Freddie Draper met a deep cross and planted a header past Joel Pereira who was only able to palm the ball into the net.

The Royals were level in the 83rd minute when Wing’s corner delivery was nodded in by Bindon who netted his first goal at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

That proved to be the final goal of the game as the teams had to settle for a point each. hit his face, so it’s one of them.”

Ferddie Draper scored the opening goal of the contest for the Imps before Royals defender Tyler Bindon popped up with an

83rd minute leveller to see the points shared.

Skubala continued: “I think when you look at it over the 90, it is a fair point for both involved.

“It is a bit disappointing when you go one up and want to see it out.

“We’ve been good recently from set pieces so that is disappointing but all in all a fair point.”

The Royals are three points above the drop zone with three matches left to play.