Burnley boss Brian Laws claimed Martin Olsson dived and “conned the referee” to win the penalty that secured Blackburn the local bragging rights in the East Lancashire derby.

Olsson went down under a challenge by Clarets keeper Brian Jensen and referee Mike Dean awarded a penalty which David Dunn slotted home to secure a 1-0 win for Rovers.

TV replays showed minimal if any contact however and Laws said: “When you look at it in the cool light of day it’s clear it’s not even a penalty.

”Olsson’s took a dive, he’s conned the referee, the referee’s not in a great position and he’s given the penalty which was very harsh and left us with a mountain to climb.

”But we didn’t get a lot of joy from any of the decisions today and I was disappointed with that. I thought it might even itself out.

”If the referee thought it was a penalty by the goalkeeper then you either send him off or book him.

”I’m not blaming the player, he’s done everything possible to try and get a goal against us through a penalty or his own work but I’m disappointed because we want to see honesty and we want to see the referee get the correct decisions.”

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