Both managers differed in their views over referee Kevin Friend

Cardiff City boss Dave Jones criticised referee Kevin Friend for not awarding them a late penalty in the 2-1 defeat at leaders Queens Park Rangers.

Top scorer Jay Bothroyd was brought down in the box by QPR's Matthew Connolly as Cardiff were chasing an equaliser, but no spot-kick was given.

The win for QPR opened the gap on second-place Cardiff to five points.

"How can the referee not see it? And if he doesn't see it, how can the linesman not see it?" asked Jones.

"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."

But QPR boss Neil Warnock had a different view.

"I thought the referee had a good game," he said. "What Dave's saying is deflecting from the result, and we deserved to win that match."

Jones disagreed believing a draw would have been the fairest result.

He 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."

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