Blackpool boss offers honest opinion on if Marvin Ekpiteta should've had a goal against Northampton Town

Blackpool overcame Northampton, but should they have had another goal?

Matthew Pennington scored the decisive goal in the second half to give the Seasiders an important three points, but they could’ve already been ahead before that point- with just millimetres denying another member of the back three.

Ahead of the half hour mark, Marvin Ekpiteta saw a shot hit the crossbar and bounce down, with the officials adjudging the ball to have not fully crossed the line.

Discussing this incident, Blackpool boss Neil Critchley said: “We thought it was in, when you slow it down it looks over the line. It was an unbelievable save, I know Louie Moulden from Liverpool- he’s a fantastic young keeper, but the players were adamant it had gone over the line, you could see that from their reactions, they were convinced.

"For the actual goal there were a few going in for it, which is good to see. You’ve got to be clinical and ruthless in both penalty boxes and I think we were in that moment attacking. We threw our bodies in there to make sure it goes in, but we also had to defend some corners and long throw-ins. Other than one shot at Grimmy (Dan Grimshaw); we were comfortable.”