Source: PA
Penalty denial leaves Jones fuming
Cardiff manager Dave Jones was furious at the decision not to award his team a late penalty as they slipped five points behind leaders QPR with a 2-1 defeat at Loftus Road.
Craig Bellamy put the Bluebirds in front after 13 minutes, but goals from Kaspars Gorkss and Adel Taarabt turned the game around and gave QPR all three points. And Jones was livid that Matt Connolly`s 85th-minute challenge on Jay Bothroyd in the penalty area went unpunished.
He said: "How can the referee not see it? And if he doesn't see it, how can the linesman not see it? They're the big decisions that matter in tight games like this.
"Everybody in the stadium could see it was a penalty. The reaction of the QPR players tells you that. We feel hard done by.
"I went to see him (the referee) about it afterwards and he asked if I was questioning his integrity. I was questioning his decision. Referees have got to be better in games like this. Was the game too big for him? That's for the referee's assessor to decide."
Jones added: "It was an even game and both teams deserved to get something from it. We probably should have as we had a lot of chances in the second half. The decisions were the difference between us getting a point and not. It's a kick in the teeth but we were behind QPR and caught up with them before, and we'll have to do it again."
