Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock says his wife would have no problem with him punching referees following Sunday's loss to Chelsea.

The Bluebirds were ahead until Cesar Azpilicueta equalised from an offside position with six minutes left.

Speaking to talkSPORT, Warnock said: "When I came in yesterday, she [his wife] said: 'If you had wanted to thump the referee and linesman I wouldn't have stopped you'. It was so unjust.

"You could imagine what the dressing room was like. We played so well and I'm really proud of them, but once again we've been kicked in the teeth.

"We've worked our socks off for three weeks to get where we were because we thought we could beat Chelsea and we did everything right, but then a human error like this?

"The linesman yesterday said sorry to me after the game, but it's too late, what good is an apology? We're having too many honest mistakes and it's always the top teams who get the decisions.

"You just feel it's such an injustice, and I've felt like that ever since Christmas. You almost begin to think: 'is it me? Is it payback time for all the years I've shouted at referees? Have they all got together now and said, 'let's get him out of this place?'"