Former FIFA assistant referee Glenn Turner has blasted Marvin Sordell's challenge on Keiren Westwood during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.
The Brewers battled back from a goal down for a second consecutive game after Gary Hooper's first-half opener was cancelled out by Albion debutante Joe Mason's 65th-minute strike - just 30 seconds after being substituted on.
But another spirited fightback against a side expected to be challenging for promotion wasn't, unfortunately for Burton, the story that the Pirelli Stadium faithful had hoped it would be.
Instead, it was the 27th-minute challenge on Keiren Westwood on Marvin Sordell that saw the Owls' 'keeper have to leave the field of play just minutes after the collision - with Joel Wildsmith coming on in his place.
Another Pirelli debutant in Sean Scannell played Sordell through, but the Huddersfield loanee's ball had too much zip on it and Westwood easily cleared into the North Stand - but Sordell's attempts to chase down the ball left Westwood in a crumpled heap.
On the first glance it seemed innocuous, and referee Darren Bond decided that a free-kick and no further action was the necessary outcome from Sordell's challenge.
But replays have shown - with the benefit of slow-motion replays and extra camera angles - that the damage was much worse than it looked on first viewing.
Sordell's reaction was one of genuine panic that he had hurt his fellow professional, and at the time it looked like there was no malice intended and that the striker genuinely thought he would be able to challenge for the ball.
Owls manager Carlos Carvahal was certain that Bond got the decision wrong and that Sordell should have been shown a red card, but his Albion counterpart Nigel Clough was certain that it was unintentional.
Westwood spoke at length with Clough on the touchline once he was substituted, and the Brewers boss revealed after the match that the Owls' 'keeper actually said himself that he knew Sordell didn't mean to harm him.
But former FIFA and Premier League assistant referee Glenn Turner thought differently to referee Bond, and having reviewed the footage, criticised Sordell and was scathing in his assessment of the incident.
"Not even a caution?" a bemused Turner told You Are The Ref.
"There was a phrase we used to use: 'that wasn't just a foul it was attempted murder'.
"It was a horrendous foul on the 'keeper" - and not even a caution? Crikey.
"They're short of putting a big neon sign above his head saying 'that is a sending off'.
"They don't come a lot clearer than that."
