Monitor
The officials, no matter waht the situation, should have gone to the monitor at the end. It is now protocol to do this. I have not seen the replay on it but obviously, it was not an attempt for goal and when the horn sounded, the ball became dead. If the refs did go to the monitor, it probably would have clearly shown the result. Even if they thought they were right, in this case it sounds like they weren't, the monitor would have confirmed their call.
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