Exeter unhappy with refereeing decisions in Wycombe defeat

Gary Caldwell was sent off in the closing moments of the game at Adams Park

Exeter City assistant manager Kevin Nicholson says refereeing decisions cost his side the chance to get points at Wycombe Wanderers.

The Grecians had a first-half goal from Ilmari Niskanen disallowed before conceding a controversial 93rd-minute penalty in the 2-1 loss.

Referee Scott Simpson judged there had been a handball, leading to a furious Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell being sent off for his protests.

"We've managed to play our game and our way, and then there's been a couple of decisions that have unfortunately ended up costing us," said Nicholson, who carried out media duties after Caldwell's red card meant he was forbidden from speaking post-game.

"We feel very hard done to with the penalty and the way it was given," he told BBC Radio Devon.

"We all react differently on the sideline," Nicholson added.

"Gary's a passionate, hard working, fiery guy and he's watched his team go through 90 minutes of real hard work to put ourselves in a position to get a result and it's been taken away by something that we can't control.

"So it's incredibly disappointing and we feel like earlier in the game we scored a perfectly good goal from a corner that was taken away from us as well.

"So you can imagine how that's built up over the period of the game - a home team gets the benefit of it and it feels like little old Exeter maybe miss out a little bit."