Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson was upset with referee Lee Doughty's performance as his team beat Luton Townthreatened to retire from management.
Robbins ran away with a 2-0 win at Ashtongate on Tuesday, but forced him to play with 10 in his final 23 minutes. it was done. That's because Doughty showed Mark Sykes a red card for his reckless challenge to Luton star Luke Freeman.
Pearson was unhappy about his ejection, but it was Doughty's inaction on Freeman's reaction to the tackle that infuriated him. Freeman got to his feet and, after the tackle, cut in behind Sykes and bundled him to the floor.
Luton's midfielder was slammed when Rob Atkinson was knocked down inside the area. Only a yellow card was shown shortly after the host was denied a penalty on . This was his third game in which Pearson's team saw the referee's decision against them, and the City bosses now threaten to quit in frustration.
"In modern games, I have nothing to complain about Sykesy, but what I find frustrating is the fact that their players weren't treated the same way. To be honest, I thought about it last year, I thought about it again this year, basically to wrap things up for this sport," Pearson told Sky Sports.
"It's not because of how superficial modern games are and some aspects of modern games irritate me, but unfortunately, as far as I'm concerned, refereeing standards are at an all-time low."
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"But I worry that the same thing will always happen. Today the same thing happened. Rob Atkinson has committed a foul.
``They are consistently poor. You'll get into trouble again, but someone has to say it's -- I'm sick of the deaths of people like me who have jobs that are in jeopardy. I can lose my job because of it, but what I can't do is put up with it.For me, it's a game worry."
