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Carlton withstood a late fightback and reignited their AFL premiership push with a tense one-point victory over fellow contenders Melbourne, despite a career-best five goals from Christian Petracca.
But the AFL's score review system is under the spotlight again after a controversial decision left the Demons fuming on Thursday night.
Melbourne defender Steven May raged at the umpires after claiming he touched a Charlie Curnow show at goal in the third quarter.
However, a score review initially inconclusive.
'Steven May might get the nod here for a touched ball. He is adamant he touched the ball. It's impossible to tell from that, it's just so blurry,' Seven's Brian Taylor said.
Melbourne were left fuming with an official score review on Thursday night
Demons defender Steven May was adamant he touched a goalbound Charlie Curnow kick
Dale Thomas added: 'A couple more pixels would be nice. He was adamant though, his hand went straight up. The umpire's called a goal, from what we've seen so far on these two angles it's going to be hard to overturn.'
Yet when play resumed in the middle, a third angle emerged which appeaed to show May's finger bend as the ball passed him.
'Unless they're seeing something which we're not, which isn't happening, that can't ... Hang on, this one here,' Taylor said.
'Gee, I thought that last replay might have been able to stop it and see a bent finger there, but not holding the game up any longer.'
That decision proved significant as Carlton won by just one point at the MCG.
After successive defeats to heavyweights Geelong and Collingwood, the Blues kicked the first six goals on Thursday night to lay the platform for their 12.5 (77) to 11.10 (76) victory at the MCG.
They led by 37 points multiple times during the third term and 28 early in the final stanza, but the Demons rallied and kicked the last four goals of the game.
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