BOSS Eddie Howe felt Cherries had again been on the wrong end of a debatable refereeing decision during their absorbing 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday yesterday.

Howe was convinced Cherries should have been awarded a penalty after Callum Wilson had been brought down by Lewis Buxton – and he thought the Owls man should have been sent off.

Referee Paul Tierney angered the Dean Court faithful when he gave Cherries a corner rather than a spot kick after Wilson had been sent sprawling by Buxton midway through the second half.

The official had waved away an earlier penalty appeal after Andrew Surman had gone down under a Jeremy Helan tackle before he finally awarded a spot-kick to the visitors in stoppage time.

Asked for his view on the penalty incidents, Howe said: “I don’t want to get myself in trouble. Let’s just say I disagreed with the decisions and especially the one when Callum went between the goalkeeper and the defender.

“For me, that was the most clear-cut penalty I have seen this season involving my team and it should have been a red card as well. I can’t understand why it wasn’t given.”

Fielding a question at his post-match press conference, Howe was asked whether he was concerned referees had “got together and thought maybe Callum was trying to fool them”. He replied: “I will let those be your quotes if that’s okay.”

In reply to a follow-up question, Howe said: “Whether the number of penalties he has won has worked against him, who knows?

“For me, if a penalty is a penalty, it has to be given. Callum is a quick and athletic player and, because of the way he plays, he naturally draws fouls. If there is a limit on the number of penalties that can be given then the Football League should let us know.

“I thought the first one was a lot tighter. I still felt it should have been a penalty but could see perhaps why the referee didn’t give it. It was a 50-50 call.

“The Callum one was 100 per cent nailed on and, if the referee reflects and looks at it like he should, then I should be getting a letter to apologise for his decision.”

Cherries were reduced to 10 men when Simon Francis received the second of two yellow cards for a foul on Chris Maguire. The defender will be hit with an automatic one-match suspension, ruling him out of Cherries’ final home game of the season against Bolton.

“I try to be fair and objective,” said Howe. “I thought they were both fouls but wasn’t sure whether they (merited) were yellow cards.

"He could make an argument to say there were correct decisions and I couldn’t really argue with that so that’s the game. There was no decision to make on the penalty incident.”