Coleraine assistant manager William Murphy has hit out at the standard of refereeing after his side were denied by a controversial penalty in Tuesday night's Europa League playoff .
Trailing 3-2 in the sixth minute of injury time, Cliftonville were awarded a spot-kick after Ryan Curran tumbled inside the box under a challenge from Josh Carson.
Coleraine manager Rodney McAree described the penalty award as a "poor decision", a view hammered home by assistant Murphy.
The defeat means the Bannsiders miss out on a potential £200,000 windfall, while Cliftonville will now meet Glentoran in a winner-takes-all clash this Saturday.
Speaking on Twitter, Murphy said: "Can someone tell me how this is a penalty the referee said Josh had wrapped his legs round the opponent. Absolute joke of a refereeing decision yet again. As mentioned before @OfficialIrishFA need to do something game is ruined by inept officials."
The comment was backed by Glentoran striker Darren Murray who tweeted: "Watched it back there mate - madness."
Murphy replied: "Laughing stock yet again referees are absolutely the worse (sic) I have ever seen in any league. Iv (sic) said it before accountable to no one poor poor standard we have here."
Coleraine led 3-1 with just 14 minutes remaining thanks to James McLaughlin's hat-trick.
Conor McMenamin then made it 3-2 before Ryan Curran's late penalty.
Goals from Levi Ives and McMenamin in extra-time completed the 5-3 victory.
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