
The former PGMOL leader and former FIFA official told Football Insider in an exclusive that it was the right choice to deny Palace a penalty in the end.
But he also urged officials to take tough measures against the problem of grappling within the area.
On the field, goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Kevin Schade gave Thomas Frank’s team their second straight victory away from home, while Romain Esse scored a late consolation goal for the home team.
Mbeumo missed the first penalty kick before a retake was ordered for encroachment, therefore his penalty spot goal was also not without dispute.
Referee Tony Harrington ordered a retake of the throw after Marc Guehi was dragged down in the box after a long throw-in by Jefferson Lerma, prompting Palace to request for a penalty.
Having stopped play to warn the Brentford man about his conduct, many inside Selhurst Park felt they should have been awarded spot-kick as the ball was in play when the whistle was blown.

Hackett explained that the referee was not looking at the thrower, and his late whistle added to the controversy, but he felt there was not enough contact to award a penalty.
Instead, he applauded the “common sense” of the match official to restart play from the throw-in.
Referees have frequently had to deal with grappling within the box this season; in one instance, Hackett demanded that the PGMOL “crack down” during an Arsenal vs. Manchester United match.
Even though he eventually agreed with Harrington’s decision to deny Palace a penalty kick, he has again repeated those remarks.
The referee was not looking at the thrower, so when he saw the Palace player hit the ground and argue that the throw should not be made, he was a little late because the thrower had already thrown it.
In front of the referee, two players were holding each other as is customary, and the Palace player went down with relative ease.
It is not worthy of a penalty kick.