Livingston boss David Martindale says it is 'disappointing' that one more refereeing error has gone towards them after admitting he is acquired an apology over Ross County defender Keith Watson not being proven a straight purple card within the Lions' loss on the weekend.
The Staggies skipper scythed down Livi attacker Joel Nouble as he raced by on purpose halfway by the first-half however the problem was deemed a yellow card by referee Graham Grainger.
Regardless of dominating giant spells of the sport, Martindale's males got here out on the improper finish of a 1-0 scoreline as Owura Edwards nodded house the one purpose on 74 minutes after a Sean Kelly defensive error.
It is the second main officiating determination that has gone towards the Lions this season after Motherwell had been awarded a penalty at Fir Park for handball regardless of the ball placing Cristian Montano's chest. Kevin van Veen transformed that spot-kick to sentence Livi to a 1-0 loss.
Talking to the West Lothian Courier, Martindale mentioned: "I obtained an e-mail on Monday morning saying ‘sorry, we expect that’s a purple card on 21 minutes’. It’s disappointing as a result of it’s one other large determination in a sport that’s went towards us. That’s on 21 minutes. It adjustments the sport.
"There's been a few game-changing moments that went towards us. With VAR we're most likely sitting right here with extra factors. I am not having a go at officers however that's the actuality.
"Figuring out my luck, VAR will are available and all these choices will go towards us!"
He added: "I am sad on the leads to the final couple of video games however I am very happy with the place we're. I’ll defy anyone who says the gamers aren’t giving all of it or they’re not taking part in effectively. I hope the followers are seeing that.
“If we maintain doing the appropriate issues and maintain pushing then we’ll not have a lot to fret about however we do have to be extra scientific in each bins."
He added: "I’ve had two managers in two video games inform me we had been unfortunate. I’d a lot relatively be sitting in my workplace after a sport getting beat 1-0 after taking part in rather well and it’s one second within the sport than questioning how we type it as a result of we’d been completely battered.
"The Motherwell sport obtained stolen from us with an incorrect penalty determination. We shot ourselves within the foot towards St Mirren after which on the weekend towards Ross County it was actually each.
“They need to have been right down to 10 males and their purpose comes from a mistake.
"I used to be proud of 90 per cent of the St Mirren sport and 95 per cent of the Ross County sport and obtained beat each occasions. I’ve been proud of 40 per cent of video games previously and gained them.
“We’re doing the appropriate issues and heading in the right direction however we have now to take accountability for making errors.”
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