Fulham manager Marco Silva has called for more consistency with referees and VAR, saying the decision to send Joachim Andersen off against Aston Villa was "confusing."
The Cottagers lost 3-1 to Villa but broke the deadlock through Raul Jimenez who showed great strength to claim his fourth Premier League goal of the season and fifth overall.
Morgan Rogers' deflected shot off Calvin Bassey drew the scores level in the ninth minute and, after Emi Martinez replicated his World Cup final heroics to deny Andreas Pereira from 12 yards, Villa went ahead through the clinical Ollie Watkins.
The match was not short of controversy however. Referee Darren England showed a straight red to last man Andersen for a shove on Watkins.
Villa thrived with the extra man in west London and Issa Diop's own goal added a third, before Jaden Philogene was shown a second yellow for a light push on Reiss Nelson.
Andersen's dismissal raised some eyebrows around Craven Cottage.
"For me the referees are trying not to go for soft touches," Silva said.
"It happened already for us against West Ham, they explained us it was soft but two or three weeks later you see a completely different situation and not consistent to what we've seen week in or week out in the Premier League.
"I'm not going to find excuses in the referee as to why we lost the game.
"We're all confused, we all don't understand, even for you, for fans for staff, managers and players, we're all confused because when things happen we try to understand why and respect. They explained us why (vs West Ham) and now completely changed the decision."
