Ian Wright slammed the awarding of an Aston Villa corner, leading to the hosts scoring the first goal in Friday's comeback FA Cup win over West Ham.<br /><br />The all-Premier League affair ended with Wright's former club being knocked out of the historic competition as Unai Emery's Villa came from behind to complete a dramatic turnaround victory.<br /><br />Graham Potter's opening match in charge of the Hammers ended in FA Cup elimination after Lucas Paqueta initially gave the visitors a surprise lead in the Midlands.<br /><br />The Brazilian opened the scoring in the ninth minute and West lasted until the 71st minute before having their defense unlocked in a moment of controversy.<br /><br />Amadou Onana reacted fastest to a loose ball in the Hammers box, but Wright and supporters scathed the decision to award a corner in the build-up to the goal.<br /><br />Replays show an off-balance shot by Onana sailing through a crowded box and out of play with both sets of players expecting a goal-kick to be awarded.<br /><br />However, referee Tim Robinson instepointeding to the pointeder flag, and Onana scoring just scored later from the set-piece that his shot had somehow won.<br /><br />Wright fumed at the call after the match and blasted the referee for putting West Ham under unnecessary pressure that they eventually buckled under.<br /><br />'The refereeing assistant messing up totally with that corner. I can't believe the referee, he's standing there,' Wright vented on ITV Sport.<br /><br />'He's standing right there, it's gone through a gap of people and he's not seen that. No one's near it, how can you get that one wrong? <br /><br />'West Ham were in this. Yes, they had to defend a bit more because Villa got on top, they tried, such a shame really,' added Wright.<br /><br />The goal ignited Villa's comeback with Morgan Rogers adding a second just five minutes later to earn a 2-1 win for the home side with the Hammers unable to respond.<br /><br />Potter appeared to agree with Wright's view of the situation and speaking after the match also questioned whether a corner was the correct decision.<br /><br />'Well the start of the game was really good, really positive, I thought we had good organization, offered a threat, the first half was really good from us,' stated Potter.<br /><br />In the second half, Aston Villa stepped up and pushed us back a little bit too much, losing Fulkrug and Summerville influenced our attacking part of the game, with more pressure rather than big chances. <br /><br />'Not sure if the first goal was a corner. It didn't look like it to me but will have to see it again, it's one of those things. Pushed at the end and had a couple of chances. Disappointed to go out but lots of positives,' he said.
