Outspoken Charlton manager Nathan Jones didn’t hold back in his criticism of a linesman after seeing his side draw 0-0 with Queens Park Rangers.
In a tight London derby, Charlton thought they had taken the lead when Tyreece Campbell scored in the 39th minute after being put through by Oliver Skipp. However, linesman Bhupinder Gill adjudged the Jamaica international to be offside in a tight call.
And reflecting on that incident in his post-match interview, Jones was scathing of Gill – labelling him as arrogant during his rant, claiming his protestations were met with utter disdain.
‘They were giving offsides willy-nilly, we had one offside which wasn’t,’ the Addicks boss fumed to Sky Sports.
‘The goal is a great goal from a great counter-attack, it’s onside and it [the decision] has cost us three points once again.
‘I think the arrogance of the linesman is mental because he’s looking at me as if I’ve just volleyed his cat. He’s looking at me as if I have done something and going “nah”.
Charlton manager Nathan Jones was left livid at a linesman during their 0-0 draw with QPR
Tyreece Campbell had a goal disallowed for a tight offside call in the first half on Wednesday
‘He’s made the biggest error of the night and he’s cost us the game and that is the Championship because the Championship is brutal.’
The result sees Charlton move up to fifth in the Championship table after being thumped 4-0 at Jones’ old club Stoke City at the weekend, with the visitors also being reduced to 10 men.
That defeat also saw Jones critical of the officials – with the Welshman left ‘bitterly disappointed’ with Robert Madley for some of the referee’s decisions, including the award of a 15th minute penalty which he believed gave Stoke a lifeline back into the contest.
‘I’ve gone in and seen him [the referee]. I’m bitterly disappointed with my own team’s performance, but I’m as bitterly disappointed with another performance as well,’ the 53-year-old said on Saturday.
‘There were so many things that went against us but straight after the penalty we went under for 20 minutes – and my teams don’t normally do that.
‘But we’ve done it twice here. That’s the thing that hurts me and hurts my teams, us going under like that.
‘I think they [Stoke] need me to come here because they get better results when I get back.
‘We had a great start and wanted to silence the crowd, but we gave away an absolute gift [for the opening goal]. That can’t happen.
‘But after the penalty, fair play to Stoke, they never looked back. After that gift of the penalty they were far better.
‘I’m definitely going to get it [a hostile reception] when I come back here, but I expected that. I had it when I was manager, so I’m definitely going to get it as an opposing manager.’
