Burnley boss Owen Coyle was seething with the game-changing decision which saw Clarke Carlisle sent off fin the 5-0 defeat at Crystal Palace.

Carlisle brought down Scott Sinclair in the sixth minute and referee Kevin Friend awarded a penalty which Ben Watson converted to put the Eagles 1-0.

But Coyle was adamant that Sinclair was offside and said: "If somebody said that would happen before the game you wouldn't have envisaged it.

"There is no getting away from the fact that for the first goal and the sending off the lad is five yards offside and the linesman didn't flag.

"The two centre-backs should have dealt with it but they let it bounce and all of a sudden we're one-nil down with 10 men.

"It's an incredible decision. He was so far offside that he was practically past goalkeeper Brian Jensen. I've said before that you need good players and good luck in football and I don't remember one decision going our way."