Andre Villas-Boas felt a strong sense of injustice upon leaving Loftus Road empty-handed on Sunday.
The manager was upset with referee Chris Foy over several issues relating to the 90 minutes, having seen two of his men sent off, a penalty awarded against his side and similar appeals turned down at the other end.
A spot kick after a nudge from David Luiz on goalscorer Heidar Helguson had given Rangers the lead, with our bad start made worse by red cards to both Jose Bosingwa (professional foul) and Didier Drogba (serious foul play) before half-time.
Despite the two-man deficit we created openings in the second half, notably to Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka, but we could not find that elusive goal that would have brought a point.
As a side note, we received seven bookings during the game, but Villas-Boas refused to criticise his players, focusing instead on the positive performance that fell just short of earning a draw.
'I am very proud of the team,' said the 34-year-old. 'I don't have a problem with discipline, I have a problem with referees applying discipline. Penalties can be given or not given, but if he gives a soft penalty like that he has to give soft penalties in the box in our chances on the opposite side as well. I don't know what is the difference.
'If you give a penalty like that, if there is a shove or something like that, he has to concede a lot in the opposite box, so there is a difference of criteria there which doesn't [make] us happy. The judgment used was not the same.
'I have nothing to say about Didier's sending off because it seems fair to me, but it doesn't seem fair to me that Bosingwa was sent off because JT was in a position of cover and I think a yellow card should have been applied.
'Further to that I do not know, I cannot understand the difference of judgment from the referee, not only the major decisions but the fouls, the throw-ins. I just cannot understand it. Maybe I can be proven wrong but I have to share my disappointment from what I see.'
The manager explained that he had spoken to Mr Foy after the game.
'I was aggressive to him but I think I have to be,' he said. I don't care if he is okay or not, everybody can have a bad day, but this was not a bad day for us, it was a good day for us but it was a bad day for the referee.
'It is not a conspiracy theory, they take us into bands and [being called] cry babies. We are not cry babies; we are tough people like we showed today... but at the moment this pattern is happening. We are showing commitment and strength in depth to react to it and hopefully things will eventually go our way.
'On a normal situation with a normal referee with good judgement towards both games we win the game.'
