CHARLTON manager Phil Parkinson was sent to the stands during the Addicks’ 2-2 draw with Dagenham after a heated exchange with referee Jonathan Moss.

Parkinson watched his side dominate the Daggers throughout the first half, only for Moss to award a penalty on the stroke of half-time which both managers have since agreed was harsh.

And as the sides retreated to the changing rooms soon after for the interval, an enraged Parky confronted Moss in search of an explanation.

Following the game, he revealed his rant led to his banishment from the technical area during the second half, with no such explanation to be found.

“I think we’ve all had a little bit of that, when our passions are running high,” Parkinson said.

“I was livid, I’ve got to be honest with you.

“I asked the ref about the penalty decision, and he wasn’t giving me any kind of answer at all.

“I asked him again and we had a few words and obviously he’s sent me to the stands.

“It’s tough when you’re on that touchline and there’s an innocuous incident like that which results in being pegged back in a game we dominated.

“I’m not saying it’s the right thing to do but passions do run high sometimes.

“I could tell in the linesman’s eyes, the assessor’s eyes and everyone in the ground that it wasn’t a penalty, and that’s a frustrating thing.

“How one man can see it so differently to everybody else, I just don’t know.”

However, Parkinson took no pride at all from how he reacted, especially as the turn of events had a clear effect on his side as their dominant first-half performance was nowhere to be found with the boss observing from the stands.

He admitted: “I probably should have left it and I wish that I had done that, but that’s not the big issue of the day.

“It was a game of two halves and in the first half we were fantastic but in the second we didn’t live up to those standards.

“I’ve had my say about the ref but equally we could have done better in the second half.

“Dagenham got a lift from the penalty and responded well while we didn’t respond as well as I would have liked.”