Galway manager Henry Shefflin lamented a below-par second half display in the Leinster SHC draw with Wexford and felt his team came out the wrong side of calls by referee Thomas Walsh.
In the seventh minute of injury-time Lee Chin fired over a free from distance as the Yellowbellies fought back from a six-point interval defecit to reel off the final four points of the game and salvage a draw in the provincial opener.
The Tribesmen made all the running in the opening half and would have been further ahead but for some wayward shooting, and despite Conor McDonald's 63 minute goal, the visitors appeared to be doing just enough to take the points.
Deep into the red, and with a two-point cushion, Conor Cooney stood over a free that looked likely to seal the game, but he was penalised for taking too long over it and from the throw ball, Wexford gathered possession and reduced to gap to the bare minimum before Chin landed the last-gasp free.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport after the match, Shefflin felt the call by the official to throw the ball in was harsh, and perhaps influenced by the raucous home support.
"You talk about home advantage in the competition, the moment Conor got the free, I could sense the crowd were on his back," he said.
"He (Walsh) made his decision which I felt was harsh. Overall in the second half, I don’t know what the free count was, but it definitely seemed to go against us."
The former Kilkenny hurler admitted that it was something of a Jekyll and Hyde performance and will need to regroup for the visit of Westmeath next weekend.
"It’s a cliché unfortunately, it was a game of two halves. We played well in the first half, but went completely out of it in the second.
"We weren’t playing that well in the second half, but we were still holding them off, six ahead with 10 minutes to go. The match was in our grasp.
"Wexford to be fair used their bench well, definitely made an impact and the tide was turning against us.
"There’s disappointment in the dressing room. It should hurt."
