Top 10 shocking ghost goals

AC Milan were 1-0 up against Juventus, when Sulley Muntari beat Gianluigi Buffon with a header. However, Paolo Tagliavento waved play on after Buffon clawed the ball out from the net.

Frank Lampard shot and the ball hit the underside of the crossbar, resulting in it crossing the line into the goal but bouncing back into the field of play.

Pedro Mendes tried his luck with a 50-yard shot in the 89th minute which caught Man Utd keeper Roy Carroll off his line. He managed to catch the ball but spilt it over the line. Carroll scooped it out and referee Mark Clattenburg was unable to decide if the ball had crossed the line or not.

Crystal Palace forward Freddie Sears scored a perfectly legal goal hooking a shot past the keeper, but the ball hit the back of the goal and bounced out.

Alberto Gil’s spot-kick crossed the line before striking a stanchion and bouncing clear, but both the referee and the official on the goalline ruled it had hit the post.

Devic's shot was hooked clear from behind the England goal-line by John Terry under the eyes of a fifth official standing beside the goal.

Following a Dundee United corner, striker Paddy Connolly hit an emphatic half-volley into the goal and claim his hat-trick against Partick Thistle. The power of the shot meant that it bounced straight out of the goal from the via the net supports and into the hands of a Thistle defender.

Clive Allen expertly dispatched it into the top right hand corner, but the ball hit the stanchion at the back of the net and rebounded out.

Dorinel Munteanu’s 25-yard shot hit the underside of the bar and bounced down over the line and back out.

Spain's Michel sent in a screamer against Brazil in the 1986 World Cup group match. The ball smashed against the crossbar, over the line and out