?Fernando Alonso says 11th is the best position for him to start Sundays Mexican Grand Prix after narrowly missing out on a place in the top 10 during qualifying.The McLaren driver was edged out of the top 10 in the final seconds of Q2 and will line up from 11th with teammate Jenson Button two places back in 13th. Despite failing to make it through into the final segment of qualifying, Alonso feels that missing out on a spot in Q3 provides him with a strong strategy thanks to a free tyre choice for the start of the race.This was probably the best position we could have dreamed of today, because we get a free choice of tyres for the race, the double-world champion explained. Im starting on the clean side, so a lot of things have gone our way today. We were not quick enough, unfortunately.Were struggling a little bit for pace and I think it will be the same thing for the remaining races. For us P11 is the best possible position, so Im happy with todays performance but we need to understand why were not as competitive as we were recently. Weve put everything into the 2017 car so maybe were paying the price for that decision.After having his interview interrupted by Button, the Spaniard joked that beating his teammate was all he wanted to achieve on Sunday.As far as Im concerned if I finish ahead of Jenson thats all I want.Traffic proved a problematic factor throughout practice and qualifying and following his own incident with Ferraris Sebastian Vettel during FP2, Alonso says he aims to steer clear of any potential trouble on race-day, as well as getting caught up in the championship fight between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.Tomorrow everything will be unknown, so we have to go into the race with an open strategy. Avoiding traffic will be one of the priorities for the race, but the feeling for the tyres changed from Friday to Saturday. 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The goal was called back because the ref blew the play dead on a premature whistle. The puck never stopped moving and yet it was blown dead. Its obvious the ref would never admit he blew it early and it was a good goal. My question to you is, what can be done to rectify situations like this? Also - during playoffs, when officials make mistakes like this, do they lose the chance to officiate an upcoming game. I understand the game is played at a quick tempo and these guys are doing the best they can and mistakes are made. Im just curious as to what the repercussions are for officials. We all know what they are for players, as the league makes it known. Thanks,Rob KitzanSaskatoon Rob: The reason this goal was negated is because of something referred to as the Referees intent to blow the whistle to stop play. Simply put, that means that once the Ref determines (in his mind) that the puck is frozen or unplayable it is a dead play in that moment irrespective of any delayed time response to physically blow the whistle. This is referenced in the following rules: 31.2 Disputes - As there is a human factor involved in blowing the whistle to stop play, the Referee may deem the play to be stopped slightly prior to the whistle actually being blown. The fact that the puck may come loose or cross the goal line prior to the sound of the whistle has no bearing if the Referee has ruled that the play had been stopped prior to this happening. 78.5 (xii) Disallowed Goals - When the Referee deems the play has been stopped, even if he had not physically had the opportunity to stop play by blowing his whistle. 85.3 Puck Out of Sight - Should a scramble take place or a player accidentally fall on the puck and the puck be out of sight of the Referee, he shall immediately blow his whistle to stop play. As the puck was shot into Antti Niemi with Dustin Penner hovering at the crease along with Kings defensive traffic , Referee Brad Meier determined (in his mind) that the puck was sufficiently frozen and as a result was in the act of blowing his whistle..ddddddddddddWith Meiers physical action to blow the whistle taking place, the puck continued on its slide path between Niemis pads and became exposed. Whether Dustin Penner nudged the puck over the goal line or if it travelled there under its own steam is of no consequence; nor is the sound of the Referees whistle being heard just after the puck crossed the goal line. All that is of consequence on is this play is that the Referee deemed the play stopped prior to blowing his whistle as outlined in the above rule references. In hindsight the Referees decision to stop play was premature. A "quick whistle" resulted in a good goal being disallowed. Referee Meier would likely be the first guy to tell you so along with how sick it made him feel once he saw a replay. While this is of no consolation to the LA Kings or their fans the Referee didnt have the benefit of a replay or hindsight. He had to make a split second decision at the time. It proved to be the wrong one. So Rob, how can this situation be avoided and/or rectified in the future? You can bet that the Referee, along with the others presently working in the playoffs, will be more patient in determining a frozen puck and their intent to blow the whistle. The other corrective measure should take place over the summer and allow for video review to take place on a play such as this, in addition to all cases where goalkeeper interference is suspected. Since the overriding factor is the moment the Ref determines the play to be dead (in his mind) no one else could review the play to overturn this thought process. This must be done exclusively by the Referee himself. Any inner thoughts he might have had in the nanosecond would most likely be clearly illuminated once he saw the replay to render the correct decision. I maintain the same is true with goalkeeper interference. Give that call back to the Referee(s) on the ice through video review; whether through a Coaches challenge or just vest the Referee with the authority to review the goal at ice level. As far as repercussions of calls to the Officials, all performances are evaluated and decisions are made as to who moves on to the next round. Previously assigned games would not likely be changed since Referees move from one series to another. This was a human error made by a very honest and good Referee. ' ' '