Video: Referee “nightmare” sees Crystal Palace star’s goal-of-the-season contender chalked off

Crystal Palace are in action against Brentford on Sunday afternoon at the Gtech Stadium and there was controversy in the match as Eberechi Eze had a goal-of-the-season contender ruled out. 

With just over 25 minutes on the clock, the England international produced an outrageous free-kick from long-range catching out Mark Flekken in the Brentford goal. The strike would have been on the goal-of-the-season list at the end of the 2024/25 campaign but it unfortunately did not stand.

Referee Samuel Barrott saw a foul from Will Hughes on Nathan Collins but the decision seemed very harsh as both players had a hold of each other.

The pundits on Sky Sports labelled the call a “nightmare” as it proved to be an unfortunate situation for Eze.

Watch: Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze has goal-of-the-season contender ruled out

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