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Harry Redknapp is refusing to pin the blame on the officials for Tottenham's controversial 2-1 defeat at Chelsea, but has called for technology to be introduced into the game after seeing his side lose out to a pair of goals that should not have stood.

Tottenham were leading thanks to a Sandro thunderbolt when, a minute before the break, Heurelho Gomes let a Frank Lampard shot squirm through his grasp. The keeper dived back and stopped the ball before it had crossed the line, but the linesman viewed it had gone over the whitewash and a goal was awarded by referee Andre Marriner.

There was controversy late in the game as Salomon Kalou turned home the winner from a Didier Drogba cross, but was fractionally offside when the ball was played.

Tottenham's pain was also felt at Old Trafford as the win enabled Chelsea to move to within three points of Manchester United. But it could conceivably cost Spurs a fortune should they miss out on Champions League qualification by a narrow margin.

Despite the possible ramifications, it was not the officials that Redknapp was unhappy with - rather the ruling bodies who have so far resisted calls for technology to be introduced.

"Technology has got to come in," Redknapp told Sky Sports. "That took seconds to see. It takes five seconds to say 'yes it's a goal' or 'no it's not a goal'. We then get a fair decision and the game moves on. It has got to happen. I still don't see why we are messing around and don't have technology in the game.

"The first one wasn't over the line and the second one was offside. That second one could have changed the game. If we go in at half time at 1-0..."

Commenting on the decision for the first goal, Redknapp said: "The linesman has made a mistake, an honest mistake, as it is the most difficult thing in the world to see from where he was. He was probably on the 18-yard line when the ball was dropped onto the line and he has given what he felt was the right decision.

"It is not his fault. It is impossible. He can't see the goal-line from where he was. If you are not sure you can't give it. But it is a guessing game and he has had a guess and he has guessed wrong. But it is not a dishonest guess. The man has not done it because he wants Chelsea to win, he has done it because he thinks it is the right decision. But he has got it wrong."

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