Dan Shanahan believes Waterford had to work harder for their frees than Kilkenny did in last night's two-point All-Ireland SHC semi-final replay defeat.
Shortly after the final whistle, the Deise selector queried some of the decisions made by referee James McGrath.
"Did Richie Hogan pick that last ball up off the ground?" he remarked to Newstalk Sport.
"I'll have to watch it again. You know Shane Fives got penalised last week and he didn't pick it off the ground. All them add up, being honest with you. All those little things add up.
"When you're not having the luck [sic] and you're not creating the luck it's hard to take sometimes. The champions seem to get those decisions, the underdog doesn't... I thought they got their frees easier than we did.
"I'm not pointing the finger at any fella, I'm just saying sometimes the underdog doesn't get as much as the champions do.
"There's certain things, I'd have to watch it again. I have to see, I think there were one or two decisions that we thought we might have got and we didn't get and they got."
He concluded: "Maybe one or two decisions went against us but it happens, every fella makes mistakes.
"We're not blaming anyone, we wish Kilkenny the best of luck. You have to be man enough to take your beatings sometimes and we are. It's going to be hard to take, but you have to take it."
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