Following the stinging criticism he and his team-mates received after Sunday's Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City, Jack Wilshere has claimed that a number of refereeing decisions went against Arsenal.

In an angry Instagram post, Wilshere said on Monday that some of referee Craig Pawson's calls in Sunday's 3-0 defeat were "hard to accept".

Wilshere repeatedly expressed his frustration with Pawson during the match and has now publicly questioned the referee allowing City's first two goals to stand despite a hint of a foul for the first and a suggestion of offside for the second. Wilshere was also angry that Fernandinho escaped a second booking in the first half for a foul on the Arsenal midfielder.

Wilshere's Instagram post read: "Hard to put into words my emotions about yesterday. City are a good team and deserved to win yesterday. Alot [sic] of people have had thier [sic] say on us and we have to accept cristism [sic] when we lose.

"That being said i [sic] can't accept some of the decisions that went against us yesterday. What ever you say about the first goal, its a foul. The second goal is offside. There should have been a second yellow in the first half. Yes this happens in football but its still hard to accept.