Muscat was scathing of the refereeing of Shaun Evans including his decision to overrule the linesman’s call on Luke Brattan’s goal in Victory’s 2-0 loss.

Tim Cahill appeared to be in an offside position ducking as the ball was in flight with the linesman originally ruling him to be interrupting traffic.

“How we can justify that in hindsight now, because I can accept ‘you know what? Sorry I made a mistake’ and we move on,” Muscat said.

“It was just a little bit of accountability rather than a hiding. It’s just blatant and if it’s missed then that’s fine, but don’t try and cover it up and insult people’s intelligence.

“Now it’s beyond belief…”

Muscat was also bemused by Marco Rojas’ disallowed goal in the second half when Besart Berisha looked to be in an offside position disallowing the Kiwi’s equaliser.

“The same thing happens in the second half, the second big decision where Bes is in an offside position, he doesn’t get anything on the ball, Marco scores from an onside position and it’s given offside because Bes obstructed the keeper,” he said.

“But again there’s a contradiction there because they’re both exactly the same because (Dean) Bouzanis can’t move until he recognises Bes isn’t going to touch the ball and then when he doesn’t touch the ball, Marco is in an onside position.”

Muscat has an opportunity to provide a submission to the FFA by 5pm Thursday.  

The sanctions applicable for a breach of the FFA National Code of Conduct include a reprimand, a fine and/or suspension from participation in a match or matches.