Steven Schumacher: Plymouth Argyle boss 'fuming' at refereeing decision at Ipswich Town

George Edmundson's challenge on Mustapha Bundu went unpunished

Plymouth Argyle manager Steven Schumacher says he is "fuming" at the decision not to award his side a foul on striker Mustapha Bundu in the first half of the 3-2 loss at Ipswich Town.

Bundu was through on goal when George Edmundson brought him down in the 42nd minute, with Ipswich scoring their equaliser three minutes later.

Replays showed Edmondson did not play the ball on the edge of the box.

"I'm obviously fuming," Schumacher told BBC Radio Devon after the game.

"Ipswich went down the other end, got a corner and scored from it, so that was a huge turning point that went against us and was a refereeing decision that I still can't get my head around.

"We watched it back at half-time, there's clear contact on Mustapha, Mustapha said he clipped his ankle."

Schumacher said he spoke to referee Gavin Ward after the game and he and his assistant told him they "couldn't see it".

"I think they were the only two people in the ground that couldn't see it, James [Linington] the fourth official was next to me and said it looked like a foul, it felt like a foul. In everybody else's eyes it was a foul.

"I'm not wanting to see people get sent off, it arguably could have been a red card because Edmundson was the last man, but there are two covering defenders, it could have been a free-kick or a penalty, I don't know, I'm not arguing that.

"But what it definitely was was a foul because what happened as well was Ipswich scored immediately after it.

"George Edmundson gets booked in the second half and should have been sent off, so we ended up playing with 10 men because we have an injury and they end up with 11 on the pitch - which was probably a bit fortunate."