Kevin Lokko says his emotions were all over the place when he was sent off at the end of Maidstone’s FA Cup draw against Rochdale.

The Stones defender was harshly penalised for the 94th-minute free-kick that saw Dale take the tie to a replay.

He made his point to referee Charles Breakspear at full-time and was shown a second yellow card as Anthony Acheampong tried to pull him away.

Lokko said: “It wasn’t a free-kick. I didn’t need to watch it back to know that.

“I don’t want to say too much but he’s won it pretty well, he’s used his body and the ref’s bought it.

“My emotions were all over the place at the final whistle after conceding the way we did and I told the referee my thoughts.

“I said he wasn’t one of the best refs we’ve had and that I thought he’d made a lot of wrong decisions.

“It was putting my finger in his face that led to it being a more serious issue in his eyes. I wouldn’t have done that if I’d known he would send me off.

“Ach was trying to get me off him. He could see in my eyes I was fuming.

“I should have listened but I couldn’t control myself at the time, the passion inside me came out.

“It’s unusual because I can control myself most of the time but it was a big occasion and a vital moment in the match.”