Steve Bruce called Stoke City's equaliser an "injustice" after seeing his 10-man Hull City side denied a hard-earned Premier League victory.
The Potters rescued a controversial point at the KC Stadium, with a late leveller from Ryan Shawcross cancelling out Nikica Jelavic's first-half strike.
The 83rd-minute goal was a cruel blow for the resolute Tigers, who had overcome James Chester's early red card to produce a gritty and determined performance worthy of all three points.
With no qualms regarding Chester's dismissal, Bruce's salvo at the officials was saved for the wrongly awarding of a throw-in to Stoke in the build-up to their equaliser.
"We feel an injustice because you can see how blatant it is," said Bruce, in response to the questionable throw-in call which went the way of the Potters.
"I just cannot understand how the three officials can't get together and make that decision right.
"The whole of the crowd knew what it was, their player ran away and didn't want to even take the throw-in. Surely that's an indication to the referee or the officials to say 'hang on a minute, it must have hit him'.
"It wasn't even a slight deflection either. Everyone in the ground must have seen it except for the three officials.
"The consequence of it was, because we thought it was our throw, we weren't set up the way we should have been. It's difficult to take and it's difficult for the players because the determination was manful to say the least."
Ahead at half-time, thanks to Jelavic's tenacity at the back post following a Tom Huddlestone shot, the Tigers looked set to maintain their 100 per cent start to the season before Stoke's late goal.
The result sees Hull riding high in fifth after just two games, providing a satisfying opening to the campaign.
Frustrated at missing out on maximum points and being tied for top place in the table, Bruce admits he'd have taken a point when Chester was sent off.
He added: "Given the circumstances, I think you would accept a point given we were down to 10 men after 15 minutes."
