Davis blasts officials

Crewe Alexandra boss Steve Davis has criticised the officials following the weekend defeat to Portsmouth.

Davis believes on loan striker Wes Thomas made the most of an attempted challenge from Alex midfielder Andy Bond that resulted in a controversial first-half penalty for the home side.

He was also unhappy over the tackle which put Crewe striker AJ Leitch-Smith out of the game and on the sidelines for probably around a month.

The Alex chief was similarly angered by another challenge from Pompey defender Lubo Michalik on Mathias Pogba which earned his side only a free-kick.

“It was a really poor, inept performance from the referee and his two officials,” Davis told BBC Stoke. “Their centre-half cynically bodychecks Pogs when he was in in on goal and didn’t even get booked. Then he does get booked and that’s a game-changing situation. He should have had a red card.

“I felt that it wasn’t a penalty,” he continued. “He didn’t touch him. I thought he dived. And, when you watch it, you can see that he dived. He doesn’t make any contact. That was a poor decision.”