The Friday Night Football pundits were in agreement that the assistant referee made the right decision to disallow what would have been a winning goal by Damien Delaney in the 1-1 draw between Crystal Palace and Everton.
Delaney thought he had put Palace ahead on the hour mark, only to see the flag go up for offside after he headed past Maarten Stekelenburg.
While Palace manager Alan Pardew suggested that the decision had been made - incorrectly - against the centre-back, Jamie Redknapp, Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry were in agreement that it was James McArthur who was in an offside position in-front of the Everton goalkeeper.
"I think it's offside and a brilliant decision from the linesman," Carragher said. "McArthur is in an offside position. Just because he's in an offside position, doesn't mean that he's offside. It's because of the close proximity to the goalkeeper and he makes an attempt.
"The linesman can only see the action of making a movement for the ball. He can't decide if it's in the eye-line of the goalkeeper, but he can obviously see it's in the centre of the goal.
"If he (McArthur) doesn't throw his head at it I think it'll be given as a goal."
And Redknapp summed up the view on the Sky Sports sofa, saying: "It's disappointing from Crystal Palace's point of view, but he's got it spot on the linesman."
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