After his AFC Wimbledon team lost to Newcastle in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night due to a “dodgy” penalty call, Johnnie Jackson was incensed.
After Leyton Orient loanee Joe Pigott challenged Miguel Almiron in the box during first-half stoppage time, referee Darren Bond gave the Premier League team a penalty.
Before the linesman waved his flag to indicate a foul, Bond seems to have dismissed Eddie Howe’s assertions at first.
Newcastle’s solitary goal of the match was scored by Fabian Schar, who also secured Newcastle’s place in the round of 16.
Despite having just two shots in the ninety minutes, none of which were on goal, Jackson’s team managed to delay Newcastle’s onslaught for the most part.
“I’m fuming to be honest,” said Jackson.
“The first one is a dive so it should be a free-kick and yellow card.
“Then there’s a break in play and another coming together and about three or four passes after that, he hasn’t given it, he’s in a good position, then the linesman decides to get involved.
“Like we’re not up against it enough coming here as the underdog, we don’t need a linesman getting involved, the referee is there to referee the game.
“I’m angry about that one. I don’t see that happening at the other end. For that to be the difference in the game tells you a lot about my team.
“The way we went about our game plan and task, Newcastle know they’ve been in a real game.
“Credit to my boys. The gulf in divisions and quality is obvious but I think we closed that gap as a team tonight and frustrated them.
“It says a lot about my team that I’m disappointed we haven’t got something from it or forced it to penalties because the effort deserved that. I know they dominated the play but we stayed in the game, made a fight of it and lost to a dodgy penalty.”
