Martinez slams ref over red card

Carlos Tevez scored a hat-trick after Caldwell's dismissal

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has accused referee Stuart Attwell of giving a red card for an incident he did not see.

Martinez felt Gary Caldwell should not have received red card for a 56th-minute challenge on Manchester City's Carlos Tevez with the score at 0-0.

"We are all human beings and we make mistakes but to give a decision after something you don't see that is lying," said Martinez after the 3-0 loss.

"You are making it up. That is hard to take."

Wigan capitulated following defender Caldwell's dismissal as Tevez notched a 12-minute hat-trick, moving Manchester City above Liverpool and to within two points of Tottenham in the race for the final Champions League spot.

But Martinez said Attwell, the youngest referee in the Premier League at 27, was wrong to red card Caldwell.

"To give a red card you have to be certain. Then you are looking at the replay it is no way it is a red card offence," he added.

"Gary said he went in really strong and got the ball. Carlos Tevez saw it, jumped off the ground, he's the one who left both feet.

"He [the referee] said he saw Gary Caldwell with both feet off the ground. That's why he gave the red card. But Gary Caldwell only went with one foot. That's a real injustice.

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"The decision was a key moment in the game and until that moment we were coping really well with everything Man City had.

"I felt we were growing into the game, we had a couple of opportunities and felt that the last half an hour was going to be crucial.

"That decision was a key moment. It really cost us and the game went away from us."

The defeat leaves the Latics just two places and four points above the relegation zone, their next two fixtures being at Fulham on Sunday followed by a home clash with bottom club Portsmouth.

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