Danny Cowley's penalty, handball and booking claims as Portsmouth draw with Bolton Wanderers

Danny Cowley felt Elias Kachunga 'bought' the penalty he won for Bolton Wanderers against Portsmouth and was one of several decisions he believes went against Pompey in the draw.

Aiden O'Brien put Pompey ahead early in the second half, after Dapo Afolayan had gone closest to breaking the deadlock before half-time and forced a good save from Portsmouth goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu.

But Wanderers responded to going behind with Elias Kachunga coming off the bench to win a penalty and Kieran Sadlier fired home to earn Bolton a share of the spoils.

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The point and results elsewhere on the night in League One means Wanderers sit 12 points from the play-offs with five games of their season left and any aspirations they had of reaching the top six this season are now realistically over.

After the encounter, Cowley pinpointed four big calls made by the officials which ultimately went against his side at the University of Bolton Stadium.

The Pompey boss questioned the bookings against Wanderers players Kyle Dempsey and Will Aimson, while he felt Kachunga 'bought' the penalty which Sadlier converted, and that George Johnston blocked a shot with his arm from Michael Jacobs which he hinted could have been a spot kick too.

He told HampshireLive: "I thought the key decisions went against us. I thought the referee refereed fine, but I thought there were probably four key moments that went against us and I’m not saying that they were 100 per cent one way or 100 per cent the other, I’m just saying that there were four of them and we were on the wrong side.

"There was Kyle Dempsey’s one in the first half. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think it was live, so