A new unique camera angle appears to show that Japan's winning goal against Spain last night was correctly awarded.

In controversial fashion the Blue Samurai booked their spot in the last 16 of the World Cup by beating their Group E opponents, but some are still unsure whether the winning goal should have stood.

Japan's Kaoru Mitoma crossed the ball from the byline for his team-mate Ao Tanaka, who put the ball into the back of the net. But some angles appear to show that the ball was out of play.

Now an aerial image of the incident looks to show why the goal was given, with the curvature of the ball still being in play.

Rangers hero and ITV pundit Graeme Souness was fuming over the call, which ultimately knocked Germany out of the tournament.

He said: “Every television studio, pundit, everyone who’s got an interest in this World Cup will be wanting to see this picture [from above]. To us it looked like the ball went out here in the stadium, the pictures we have seen it looks like the ball is out.

“Why is FIFA not showing us something so controversial? This is not subjective. It’s black and white. Show us the pictures, FIFA! The longer they don’t produce a picture, you’re thinking there is something untoward going on.”

Fellow studio pundit Gary Neville added: “VAR have seen something that we have not seen around the world. We can’t get an angle of what the VAR officials have seen to overturn the decision.” 

Japan will now go on to play Croatia on Monday afternoon for a place in the quarter-finals.

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