Hull boss Steve Bruce added his name to the list of Premier League managers decrying referees on Saturday after the Tigers' 1-0 defeat to Stoke City.
Stoke manager Mark Hughes complained that a 'horrendous tackle' on Stephen Ireland went unpunished, and Bruce had his own complaints about the officials, insisting Peter Crouch -- who scored a minute after coming on -- had been offside.
Bruce said: "The defenders were adamant he was. They had done enough, because he is offside, but unfortunately, the linesman hasn't seen it that way.
"You expect them to get those decisions right. It is disappointing.
"I don't think we ever deserved to win the match, but you don't expect to lose the game to something like that, not at this level.
"I know they have a difficult job, made very difficult here -- they get put under pressure from all sorts of people here. But if the linesman does his job properly, then we get a point."
Bruce, whose side are four points above the relegation zone in 15th while Stoke are 10th, also revealed Robbie Brady had missed the game due to a calf injury, and that top-scorer Nikica Jelavic had sat it out because his knee was "twice as big as it should be."
Information from Press Association was used in this report.