Brentford manager Mark Warburton believes referee Graham Salisbury had a good game at Elland Road this afternoon despite complaints from the Leeds United supporters.
On-loan Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Alex Pritchard scored a second-half winner to push the Bees up to fourth in the table and end Leeds’ four-match unbeaten streak.
Salisbury came under fire from Leeds and their fans after Rudy Austin, on two occasions, and striker Billy Sharp had penalty appeals firmly rejected.
Warburton said: "The referee came under enormous pressure from the crowd but he gave it as he saw it. If you look back at the game without any sound they were not penalties.
"If you go down that easily you are looking for a penalty, so if that is how the referee saw it then he should have taken out his card."
Leeds boss Neil Redfearn saw things differently and blasted the official for his performance in the 1-0 win for Brentford.
Redfearn said: "When you get decisions going against you constantly throughout the game you are fighting with one arm behind your back.
"Refereeing is a really tough job and I understand that, but with 50-50 decisions you have to show some parity. It can't be one way all the time.
"I didn't have a clear view of the first penalty incident but Rudy said it was more a penalty than the second, which I saw and that was a definite foul.
“Mark would say that Rudi went down too easily, wouldn't he, but I disagree."
Brentford continue to defy expectations in the Championship, with victory at Leeds again showing their ability to get results, although Warburton is happy to remain the underdog.
He added: "It was a very good three points.
"In the first half we were off the pace and didn't get close enough to the opposition, but we stepped it up in the second and created a lot of chances.
"People say we are direct and hard-working but we are better than that.
"As long as we are little old Brentford, that works for us.”
