KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' boss Jan Molby was left fuming over Wolverhampton Wanderers' hotly disputed killer goal in last night's FA Cup third round replay at Molineux.

Wolves won 2-0 after Kenny Miller struck in each half with his controversial second goal shattering Harriers' hopes of pulling off a giant-killing act against the Premiership strugglers.

Miller completed his brace with a shot-cum-cross which hit the inside of the far post and bounced down before being cleared by central defender Craig Hinton.

The goal was awarded after one of the referee's assistants decided that the ball had crossed the line.

Molby, however, felt that the official was not in a position to judge that the ball had bounced over the line.

He said: "Obviously it is disappointing to lose any football game, but to lose it in controversial circumstances is particularly disappointing. The second goal -- whether it was or not -- certainly killed the game.

"It was a brave decision for the linesman to make especially when he is not in line with play.

"Nearest to the ball was Craig Hinton and he's unsure, so for the linesman to make his decision is very brave. But it's disappointing because the longer it stayed at 1-0 we had a chance.

"The second goal they got was completely against the run of play. It was when we were on top and it was a real sucker punch.

"The players gave everything to try to keep it out of the net but the goal was given. Life goes on, though, and I think we can take a lot of pride from our two games against Wolves.

"The referee hasn't made the decision. It's gone now, but I just felt sorry for the players. I'd have loved to have had another 25 minutes at 1-0."

Hinton -- a lifelong Wolves fan -- felt afterwards that the linesman must have had "super vision" to be able to spot if the ball had crossed the line.

He accepted, however, that despite being so close to the incident, he was unable to tell where the ball had bounced after striking the post.

Wolves boss Dave Jones said: "It was one of those that the linesman had to make a decision on and he decided it had gone over the line."

Molby, meanwhile, did not think last night's defeat in front of a crowd of 25,808, including around 4,000 Harriers fans, would affect his side's confidence ahead of Saturday's crucial Nationwide League Division Three relegation battle against Darlington at Aggborough.

He said: "It's a case of re-grouping and finding the energy for Saturday which is probably the biggest game of the season."