Referees' boss Riley communicated his feelings to the club in the wake of the spot-kick which sparked a melee after the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.
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Eden Hazard stepped up to place the ball beyond Boaz Myhill as former Chelsea legend Steve Clarke was denied the chance to inflict a first victory in the Premier League over Jose Mourinho on his own turf.
The Portuguese was involved in a spat with West Brom defender Jonas Olsson at the final whistle with the pair trading insults.
Clarke said: 'We’ve had a phone call from Mike Riley to apologise.
'It doesn’t get us any more points but it’s nice of Mike to phone.
'If he’s apologising, he obviously feels it was the wrong decision.
'We have to put it behind us now and move forward.'
And now Riley has come down on the side of the visitors by proffering the second apology that the Black Country club has received this season.
Ex-World Cup final ref Howard Webb admitted he missed a foul on Youssouf Mulumbu during the goalless draw between West Brom and Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.
And although West Brom have welcomed the admission they have still raised the issue of video reviews for penalty incidents at the Premier League shareholders' meeting last week.
Clarke added: 'The purpose of the letter is to try and provoke discussion.
'It’s not necessarily a discussion between us and the authorities, but a discussion between everyone and the authorities to see if there is a way we can improve the game.
'That’s my understanding of the basis of the letter – it’s no more than that.
'If there is technology that can be used to help referees make difficult decisions, which is what they have to do, then let’s look at it and see what we can come up with.
'If we can improve it, good, if we can’t improve it then we’ll stick with what we’ve got.'
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Eden Hazard stepped up to place the ball beyond Boaz Myhill as former Chelsea legend Steve Clarke was denied the chance to inflict a first victory in the Premier League over Jose Mourinho on his own turf.
The Portuguese was involved in a spat with West Brom defender Jonas Olsson at the final whistle with the pair trading insults.
Clarke said: 'We’ve had a phone call from Mike Riley to apologise.
'It doesn’t get us any more points but it’s nice of Mike to phone.
'If he’s apologising, he obviously feels it was the wrong decision.
'We have to put it behind us now and move forward.'
And now Riley has come down on the side of the visitors by proffering the second apology that the Black Country club has received this season.
Ex-World Cup final ref Howard Webb admitted he missed a foul on Youssouf Mulumbu during the goalless draw between West Brom and Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.
And although West Brom have welcomed the admission they have still raised the issue of video reviews for penalty incidents at the Premier League shareholders' meeting last week.
Clarke added: 'The purpose of the letter is to try and provoke discussion.
'It’s not necessarily a discussion between us and the authorities, but a discussion between everyone and the authorities to see if there is a way we can improve the game.
'That’s my understanding of the basis of the letter – it’s no more than that.
'If there is technology that can be used to help referees make difficult decisions, which is what they have to do, then let’s look at it and see what we can come up with.
'If we can improve it, good, if we can’t improve it then we’ll stick with what we’ve got.'
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