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Yet mention his name and the chances are the Pedro Mendes shot he dropped over the goalline and scooped to safety before the assistant referee had noticed is the moment that springs to mind.

Canada then demolished a scrum under the Scottish sticks, the referee adjudged the Scots had halted the momentum illegally and awarded a penalty try.

"Everybody thought the referee had blown his whistle but as we found out quickly, he hadn't - if it had gone in it would have counted."

Burnley manager Scott Parker says video assistant referee decisions are threatening to turn football into "the most sterile game there is" after his side lost to a controversial late penalty on Saturday at Manchester United.

But referee Robert Jones was instructed to take a look at the pitchside monitor for a foul in the build-up to the goal.