{"id":773707,"date":"2026-02-19T00:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/773707\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:26:17","slug":"the-wrong-decision-was-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/773707\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The wrong decision was made’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Delano<\/p>\n

Credit: Imago, Sky Sports<\/p>\n

\"Oliver <\/p>\n

Wed 18 February 2026 16:56, UK <\/p>\n

Keith Hackett thinks that Bristol City should have been awarded an added-time penalty against Wrexham after Arthur Okonkwo tripped Delano Burgzorg in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former PGMOL boss and FIFA referee has exclusively told Football Insider<\/strong> that referee Ruebyn Ricardo incorrectly booked Burgzorg<\/a> and instead should have pointed to the spot at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n

Bristol City<\/a> and Wrexham<\/a> played out an entertaining 2-2 draw on Tuesday night as the hosts twice battled back from going behind to emerge with a point.<\/p>\n

Oliver Rathbone fired Phil Parkinson\u2019s side ahead in the first half before Sinclair Armstrong equalised just after the interval, with a Joe Williams own goal then restoring Wrexham\u2019s lead in the 76th minute.<\/p>\n

Max Bird\u2019s late long-range strike saw City restore parity and earn a point, but the Robins felt as if they should have had the chance to win it at the death as Burgzorg looked to have been taken down by Okonkwo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Keith Hackett says Bristol City should have had a penalty for Delano Burgzorg trip<\/p>\n

Burgzorg latched onto a long ball and broke forward into Wrexham\u2019s half in the 91st minute before going down under a challenge from keeper Okonkwo as he looked to take the ball around him to score.<\/p>\n

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Referee Ricardo immediately blew his whistle as supporters held their breath, but pointed for a Wrexham free kick and subsequently booked the Robins winger for simulation.<\/p>\n

After re-analysing the footage, former FIFA referee Hackett<\/a> believes that an incorrect call was made, and City should have had a penalty.<\/p>\n

\"PhilCredit: Imago<\/p>\n

Speaking to Football Insider<\/strong>, he said: \u201cIn the Bristol City game, the referee appeared to be well placed, but sadly made the wrong decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe this was a foul by the goalkeeper, and the award of a penalty kick should have resulted.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are the chances of either Bristol City or Wrexham being promoted after their draw?<\/p>\n

Bristol City and Wrexham have been in and around the Championship<\/a> playoffs this season, but each currently sit outside of the top six with 14 games left to play.<\/p>\n

A win for either side at Ashton Gate would have seen them jump ahead of sixth-placed Derby County, but the shared point means Wrexham remain seventh and behind the Rams on goal difference, while City are a point behind in ninth.<\/p>\n

Opta<\/a>\u2018s supercomputer is not optimistic about the chances of either side making the top six come 2 May, with Wrexham predicted to finish in eighth and given a 20.86 per cent chance of sealing a playoff place.<\/p>\n

City are not backed to make up the gap over the next two-and-a-half months, as they are predicted to finish in 10th, and handed a 12.22 per cent chance of making the top six as it stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago, Sky Sports Wed 18 February 2026 16:56, UK Keith Hackett thinks that Bristol City should have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,18228,748,208167,393,4884,2696,16,15,18833],"class_list":["post-773707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bristol","tag-bristol","tag-bristol-city","tag-britain","tag-delano-burgzorg","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-keith-hackett","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wrexham"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116094460659381437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}