Latics boss Martinez insisted both Blues goals should have been ruled out for offside after watching Juan Mata's 93rd-minute winner deny his side a result that would have lifted them out of the bottom three for the first time in almost four months.

Martinez's men were heading for a well-deserved 1-1 draw when substitute Mohamed's Diame's 82nd-minute equaliser cancelled out Branislav Ivanovic's opener, which was scored from a blatantly offside position.

That saw Wigan's players surround referee Mike Jones and assistant Dave Bryan, but to no avail.

Martinez, who absolved Jones of blame, said: "If I speak with them, it will be a waste of time.

"Unfortunately, we have had too many times this season when it's not about matter of opinions, it's about clear calls that have been against us.

"I don't want to go into the debate that it's very easy to referee against little Wigan but, unfortunately, I believe this is the best league in the world and we should get better decisions than that."

Citing previous decisions against Manchester United and Blackburn, he added: "The sending-off at Old Trafford that was rescinded, that was an incredible decision. The corner-kick that was never taken against Blackburn. And, last year, we came here and Fernando Torres impeded Ali Al Habsi and it was a goal. It's happened too many times.

"I'm talking about the referee and I want to talk about our performance.

"We are second bottom and you don't expect a team that is second bottom to come to Stamford Bridge and stop Chelsea in the manner we did.

"There is a feeling of real injustice in the dressing room and we don't deserve that.

"Is it time to bring in technology?

"No. Is it time to bring in referees and linesmen who know the rules or the laws or who can just referee the game? You don't need technology for that.

"I have to laugh about it because it's really cruel.

"Today we would have gone 16th with a point and anyone who saw the game would agree my team deserved a point.

"Everyone says football can be very cruel. Well, from our point of view, today is as bad as it can get from a cruelty side of football."

Chelsea caretaker boss Roberto Di Matteo claimed he had yet to see a replay of either of his side's goals.

He added: "But, despite all that, I think that Wigan were really unlucky today not to get something out of this game.

"Because they played very well, they put a great performance in today."

Di Matteo admitted the Blues suffered a hangover from Wednesday night's Champions League win over Benfica, despite making seven changes today.

"After you play a midweek game in the Champions League, there's always a concern that you might have a little hangover for the weekend game," he said.

"And even though I tried to make a number of changes for today's game to energise the team, I think the first half, we didn't really get into the game.

"The tempo was slow and the intensity was low.

"There's always that concern when you play midweek."

Chelsea's win - their eighth in 10 games since Di Matteo took charge - moved them to within three points of Tottenham and two of fourth-placed Arsenal, who host Manchester City tomorrow.

Anything else would have been a dagger blow to their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

Di Matteo said: "Every game that we play, it's like, 'You did need to win today'.

"We are in a position, unfortunately, that we have to win and we are pleased that we got the three points today, even though you'd say it wasn't a sparkling performance.

"But I think that also shows the strength of the team.

"I'm sure that you would agree that the teams that win the league or the title don't always put a sparkling performance in."

Chelsea were missing the injured John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole today, as well as the ill Ramires, and Di Matteo said all four would be assessed tomorrow ahead of Easter Monday's west London derby at Fulham.

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A "furious" Martinez was even more outspoken in his BBC Sport interview, claiming Wigan were "robbed" by a "disgusting" and "horrific" performance from the assistant referee, branding his decisions "shocking".