Leeds United 0 Brentford 1

Leeds head coach Neil Redfearn was angered by Graham Salisbury's performance after he rejected three penalty claims as United's four-match unbeaten run ended.

Alex Pritchard's 64th-minute goal was enough to earn the spoils for Brentford but Salisbury came under heavy criticism from Leeds and their fans after Rudy Austin (twice) and recalled striker Billy Sharp had spot-kick pleas denied. Sharp also squandered Leeds' best chance of the match late on.

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 (Warburton) would say that Rudi went down too easily, wouldn't he, but I disagree."

Redfearn also claimed a foul in the build-up to Pritchard's goal should have been awarded against Brentford and he thought he also spotted a handling offence.

He added: "There is no point in me going in there ranting and raving. The referee is a professional with a job to do. I will sit down with my secretary, as I always do, to give a constructive assessment of the referee and his assistants."

Austin twice appeared to be brought down by Moses Odubajo and was eventually booked for taking out his frustration on the Brentford defender with a scything tackle.

Pritchard, on a season-long loan from Tottenham, was outstanding in the Bees' midfield and he made no mistake with a crisp low shot from beyond the far post after neat work on the right by Jon Toral and Toumani Diagouraga.

Bees boss 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.

"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."