QPR boss Ian Holloway criticised referee Keith Stroud's for "losing control" of a frenetic 1-1 west London derby draw against Fulham.
Chris Martin had an early penalty saved by Rangers goalkeeper Alex Smithies but atoned by netting a 75th-minute equaliser for the visitors, cancelling out Ryan Manning's 25th-minute opener.
Tempers boiled over in two melees in the final few minutes at Loftus Road.
The first involved members of both managements teams as well as players, and ended with Holloway's assistant Marc Bircham being sent from the dugout by Stroud, while the second saw Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney escape with a yellow card following an altercation with Manning.
Holloway insisted Cairney should have been sent off and that the sixth-minute penalty after Sone Aluko went down under Jake Bidwell's challenge should not have been awarded.
"Luckily for me my goalkeeper saved the penalty but it's still hard to believe it was given," Holloway said. "I could clearly see it wasn't a penalty..
"After that, things happened that you would expect to be controlled by the officials. It was all, 'What's going on here?'
"I thought the referee lost control of the situation. I'm not sure who started it. There was a bit of a ruck and for once I wasn't involved.
"It was a mad couple of minutes. It felt like it was madness for a while.
"I think it's the pressure the referees have been put under. I've known Mr Stroud for years and he has been a fantastic referee.
"What they're being asked to do and how they're being asked to referee has changed. I felt he lost control of the game."
Rangers were second best for much of the match but their spirited display underlined their improvement since a recent six-match losing run.
Holloway said: "It was a very gutsy performance - very committed with lots of things we did well and some we can do a lot better.
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"Are we where Fulham are at the moment? Probably not. But I think our fans saw we care about the club and want to get stuck in."
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic also praised his players despite them failing to make the most of having much more possession than the hosts.
"At this moment we are not clinical enough. This is not news - it is a characteristic of my team," Jokanovic said.
"But I am really proud of my players. They push really hard and we are working really well.
"We came here with the intention to win the game, but at the beginning we made a few important mistakes, missing a penalty.
"We made one mistake and they scored the first goal.
"The pitch was not easy to play our football on. It is not in good condition and it was not easy to move the ball from one side to the other.
"But we carried on trying to do what we normally do in the game."
Jokanovic also played down the incident which led to Bircham being given his marching orders.
The Serbian said: "There was some pushing and nothing spectacular. It is part of the game. If I made a mistake I am sorry.
"I am a tall guy and it was in my area that I want to work in. But I don't believe what happened there is more important than the game."
