Video footage of the incident appeared to show Muscat angrily pushing away the hand of assistant referee Michael Nugus after Nugus first appeared to try to push Muscat down the tunnel at the break as the Melbourne Victory skipper argued with match officials.

The FFA has adjudged the incident to be outside the jurisdiction of the match review panel due to the fact that the head referee was aware of the altercation and took no action at the time.

Muscat had been angry at several decisions that went against the Victory during the first half of the team's surprise 3-1 loss to Perth and in particular one incident in which keeper Michael Theoklitos was flattened during a set piece but did not receive a free kick.

Under FFA rules the team's captain - in Melbourne's case Muscat - is allowed to query decisions with match officials and Melbourne insists that's all its captain was doing when the assistant referee needlessly inflamed the situation.

Earlier Melbourne Victory refuted suggestions the incident was comparable to Central Coast Mariners' keeper Danny Vukovic's clash with referee Mark Shield at the end of last year's grand final when he copped a 15 month suspension - of which he served nine - for deliberately striking the hand of Shield after Vukovic was frustrated by Shield's decision to turn down a penalty late in the game.

Melbourne Victory communications manager Trent Jacobs told Sportal on Monday the club had no problems with the way Muscat conducted himself during the heated exchange.

"The club is 100 percent supportive of Kevin," Jacobs told Sportal.

"He approached the referee which he is allowed to do and indeed encouraged to do under FFA rules."

"We have no issues with the manner in which he presented himself and we will go through this incident with the FFA."

"There has some innuendo in the media that this incident is similar to the Vukovic incident but we are encouraging the media to look at the video footage."

While Melbourne Victory was reluctant on Monday to criticise the behaviour of the assistant referee who appeared to push Muscat, Victory coach Ernie Merrick was angry when asked about the incident.