CHRIS Coleman will on Monday make an official complaint against Bolton referee Mark Halsey who he described as "crap" after Fulham's 3-0 defeat by Arsenal.

Halsey was widely criticised following Saturday's Premiership clash at Craven Cottage for changing his mind over a penalty decision and disallowing Collins John's headed "goal".

Both incidents took place with the score at 0-0 and the Fulham manager believes they cost his side a great chance of ending Arsenal's 45-match unbeaten run.

Coleman said: "Two ridiculous decisions in the first half cost us. I am going to tell the assessor that I thought it was an inept performance.

"I understand referees get it wrong sometimes and I understand that, but you can't give a penalty and take it away for no apparent reason and then there was the second time when we scored.

"We could have been 2-0 against Arsenal at half-time so we feel robbed. We cannot just shut our mouth."

At every Premiership match, there is an official overseeing refereeing standards who routinely canvasses managers' opinions after the game.

Another top-flight referee, Andy D'Urso, is serving a 28-day ban for a blunder during Blackburn's game with Southampton last month.

He was suspended for failing to apply the laws after Barry Ferguson was not sent off despite being shown two yellow cards. But Coleman is not expecting Halsey to be hit with a similar punishment.

He said: "I would not be surprised if nothing happened. Arsenal are on one hell of a run so it takes a brave man to take a decision which might end that run. I will probably get into trouble for saying that, but I don't care. When I get the phone call from the assessor I will tell him what I think."

Coleman's called Halsey "crap" in the post-match press conference and his furious reaction could spark a separate Football Association disrepute charge. An FA spokesman confirmed that the governing body is giving his comments "due consideration".

The FA are also looking at remarks made by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho about referee Rob Styles following Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Aston Villa on Saturday.