"On the sending-off I can understand why Richie Barker was booked for pushing the guy in the chest, though we were trying to take a quick free kick.
"But I have spoken to him and I don't think any contact was made for the second booking.
"I thought the referee lost control of the game in all honesty and that's not because we lost it.
"We have lost a match we shouldn't have lost and if we had kept 11 men on the field I don't think we would have done.
"At 1-0 up I thought we would go on and stamp our authority on the game which we didn't. To be fair their first goal was a good strike and the second was a bit of a freak.
"We did create a few opportunities later on and might have made better use of them, though Adam Birchall was unlucky when he hit the bar."
Meanwhile Chester boss Keith Curle said "We have been playing well recently but not having that bit of luck in front of goal which we got today.
"But we have kept working hard and kept our belief and we did get the rub of the green today and our keeper made some good saves.
"It was always going to be a tight, scrappy game but, even after going behind, I knew we have goals in this team and I believed we could score twice.
"They were two committed teams desperate for three points but I didn't see the sending-off. All I could see was my player lying on the ground.
"I didn't feel under any great pressure. My chairman has been ringing me after games and asking me how he can help me or what I need and it takes a brave man to come out with statements like those."
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