Midfielder Iain Vigurs felt Caley Thistle were the victims of a lack of consistency from referee Kevin Clancy in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat by Aberdeen.
Inverness took the lead through Lonsana Doumbouya’s first-half header but a double from Kenny McLean and an Adam Rooney penalty saw the Dons claim the points.
Vigurs questioned decisions which went Aberdeen’s way, including the award of Rooney’s penalty for Gary Warren’s challenge on Jonny Hayes and the failure to give a free kick for Don Graeme Shinnie’s challenge which resulted in Brad McKay leaving the field on a stretcher after 73 minutes.
The Aberdonian did not feel Caley Jags were treated fairly.
He said: “He obviously feels it’s a penalty, and I think we had one up before, just outside the box, which we didn’t get. I was just asking for a bit of consistency.
“He stopped the play in the second half for nothing on (James) Maddison, when we were on the counter. Brad went down with a sore one, they’re on the attack and he hasn’t stopped it.
“It’s a free kick. I’m not too sure if it was malicious, it was just a coming together – a bad one.
“We could clearly see Brad’s in pain. We didn’t get anything and he pulls it back. If it’s our player, he’s not.
“Ross Draper said it in the game if he made that tackle it would have been a free kick all day long and he would have got booked.
“Because it’s Graeme Shinnie or Aberdeen, or one of these boys not renowned for big tackles, he just lets it play on.
“That’s why I’m asking for a little bit of consistency. It might just be because it’s against me, but I think it’s just a little bit of injustice. There’s one thing for them and another for us.”
McKay, meanwhile, had some reassuring news for Caley Jags supporters yesterday when he tweeted: “Thanks for the messages, injury not as bad as first feared. Nothing broken, hopefully just bad bone bruising. Time to recover and kick on.”
Vigurs accepted his side’s performance against the Dons was below-par and felt he and his team-mates let manager Richie Foran down.
The 28-year-old added: “It’s easy to blame the referee but, overall, we just weren’t clinical enough in possession, in the final third.
“We didn’t see the manager after the game which says it all. He was not happy, he wasn’t happy with us at half-time.
“We know we weren’t good enough. No one has to tell us that. It was one of those days. It’s the first time he’s not come into the dressing-room after the game. It shows the manager’s disappointment, showing us how much we let him down.”
