Boss Roy Hodgson blasted the referee after seeing
Fulham denied a famous win over Roma by a last-gasp equaliser on
Thursday night.
Brede Hangeland's 24th-minute goal had put the Cottagers on
course for another victory in the Europa League, only for the
Italians to grab a 1-1 draw with a deflected shot with the last
kick of the game.
But Hodgson was left seething at referee Paul Allaerts' earlier
decision to award Roma a 76th-minute penalty and send Stephen Kelly
off.
Hangeland was originally shown the red card by mistake and
goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer saved the resulting spot kick, but the
Fulham manager was adamant the controversial decision caused his
side to concede in injury time.
Roy Hodgson was critical of the standard of refereeing after Fulham
were denied a famous victory over Italian giants AS Roma.
Hodgson said: "If you watch the penalty decision on the video it
was quite a harsh one. I'm not 100 per cent sure there was
contact.
"Kelly has tried quite hard to stay out of the way because he knew
Riise was looking for the penalty.
"The sending off I can't really understand. Hangeland was coming
across to try and get a block in.
"The penalty was awarded so I can't understand why the referee felt
it necessary for us to play the last 15 minutes with 10 men.
"Referees make wrong decisions. We already know that. He selected
the wrong man.
"I would like to have seen the assistant referee make it clear to
the referee it wasn't a foul in the first instance.
"Roma won with the very last kick of the game with a deflected goal
so obviously we feel aggrieved."