Hawk-Eye inventor certain technology would have ensured Frank Lampard's 'goal' for England against Germany stood

The creator of Hawk-Eye has insisted a correct call on Frank Lampard's controversially ruled out goal would have happened in seconds if FIFA used his system.

Germany's 4-1 World Cup 2010 victory against England was dogged by controversy after linesman Mauricio Espinosa ruled out a shot from the Chelsea midfielder that clearly went over the goal-line. Video technology is used in other sports such as cricket and rugby union to ensure such incidents do not occur, with Hawk-Eye championed in tennis.

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FIFA have refused to use any technology in the sport and have shown no intention of changing their position despite the debacle. Speaking to CNN, creator Dr Paul Hawkins insisted his invention would stop any issues in the future.

"Goal-line incidents are the only decisions which are entirely definitive and the answer can be provided to the referee within 0.5 seconds of the incident happening," Dr Hawkins said.

"This makes a clear distinction between goal-line and other decisions.

"Referees want goal-line technology. It would be there to help them, not to replace them."

FIFA has instead championed the use of extra officials, a move adopted in last season's Europa League.

Dawkins added: "Whilst additional assistants would have resolved this incident, if you look at a large set of close goal-line incidents, many of them only go over the line for a fraction of a second, and no human is able to fairly officiate these incidents regardless of where they are standing."

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