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11th June 2017
07:55pm BST

"Yous (sic) watched the game, yous tell me. They had a 12th man today. That's all I'll say. I'm really disappointed because we should have came away from that game with three points."https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/873961609676201984 Man of the match Walters echoed this sentiment. He went a step further though, pinpointing the disallowed goal and the penalty claim as key moments in the game the referee got wrong.
"Duffy got a goal at the end, no chance that's a free kick. And just before that, it's a penalty on me. As I pulled my foot back, there was contact just before I hit the ball."https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/873967032038965248 O'Neill also felt that the goal should have stood. In his eyes, that call summed up the referee's performance as a whole.
"It is a goal, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. I personally think that typified the referee's performance today. He let a lot of things go. If that's the case, then well let this go, if he's calling a foul on Shane Duffy. I can't see it. I can't see it. The linesman has thought he's given the goal and he's almost up at the halfway line before he's called back."Although the manager admitted that the team's performance was poor in the first half and that all the blame couldn't be put on the referee, he still saw a lot of injustice on the pitch.
"Sometimes we contribute to our own downfall, we must admit. Let's not blame the referee for everthing. James McClean, in one particular instance, was fouled three times as he was trying to break free. He passed the ball then and the ball is misspassed and the referee's allowed play on. If you're thinking about that during the course of the game, then you have to think about a goal being given."
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