The International Football Association Board (FIFA) said on Saturday that there is 'no evidence' to support claims that England's equalizer in their 2-1 extra-time win over Norway in the World Cup quarter-final in North America should have been disallowed, after the ball appeared to hit a camera wire during the buildup.

Norway players protested to French referee Clément Turpin after Jude Bellingham's goal in stoppage time of the first half, which made it 1-1 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

Footage showed the goal kick taken by goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland, which started the play leading to Bellingham's goal, and the ball's trajectory appeared to change suddenly before landing in the path of England midfielder Elliott Anderson.

According to the laws of the game, that should have led to a stoppage and a drop ball restart. However, FIFA clarified that a sensor embedded in the ball, the same technology used to disallow a goal in Croatia's loss to Portugal in the knockout stages earlier in the tournament, showed no indication of the ball hitting the wire.

The statement read: 'Before England's goal in the 45+2 minute against Norway, the ball's connected sensor showed no peak in the ball's pulse while in the air, and therefore there is no evidence that the ball touched the overhead wire and changed its path.'