FIFA confirm why England goal vs Norway WASN'T ruled out after new camera angle emerges

FIFA have clarified why Jude Bellingham's goal for England against Norway was not ruled out after an alternate camera angle emerged.

Bellingham equalised for England on 47 minutes to put them level at 1-1 following a superb inside pass from Anthony Gordon.

It was the Real Madrid star's fifth goal of the tournament - though Norway players and manager Stale Solbakken were particularly animated with the officials as the teams walked in at half-time.

The reason behind that, it emerged, was broadcast by US outlet FOX Sports, who showed an alternate camera angle at half-time of what seemed to be a bizarre moment seconds before the goal

Prior to the goal, Norway goalkeeper Orjan Nyland's long kick dropped only as far as Elliot Anderson, who controlled it and set off the move that led to England's equaliser.

But zoomed-in footage appeared to show there may have been a deflection of some kind while the ball was in the air.

It was put forward that the deflection appeared to be off the overhead camera - which FOX's referee analyst Mark Clattenburg confirmed would have resulted in a drop ball had the officials or VAR spotted it.

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But there are also sensors on each World Cup ball which are designed to pinpoint the slightest of contacts - as seen during the Snicko replays.

And FIFA stated that there was no output from the sensor at that particular moment in the time.

"We have checked the data from the adidas Connected Ball and it shows no peak on the graph from the heartbeat sensor," FIFA state.

There was no controversy over Bellingham's second goal in extra time, as he pounced on a rebound following Nyland's save from Morgan Rogers.

VAR did come to Norway's aid during the first half of that extra time period as it overturned a penalty originally awarded to England for a foul on Djed Spence.