DAVIE BLASTS OFFSIDE CALL
Anderson was stopped going through one on one with Craig Gordon by an offside flag in the dying moments of the 1-0 defeat that leaves his side second bottom of the table.
Martindale claimed it’s the second time in a week his side have been on the wrong end of decisions after Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat at Aberdeen.
The seething Livi boss believes that because it’s his side nobody cares what happens to them.
Martindale, whose side are now six games without a victory, sought answers from the assistant ref after the final whistle.
But he said: “Hearts got done by an offside goal on Thursday and that’s all you read about in the papers.
“We got done by an offside goal on Wednesday and a harsh yellow card but it is not in the papers.
“I have now been done with Bruce Anderson clean through on goal and he has been flagged offside.
“Who is it that loses their job? It is not the officials, it is me.
“It is simply not good enough, end of.
“When your striker is going through on goal in the 90th minute and they get it wrong you cannot defend that.
“When I shook hands with the Hearts bench afterwards they all told me that I had been done. They told me it was way onside.
“I genuinely feel hard done by and I am not one to normally have a go at officials.
“I have told him he is on by two yards and the linesman tells me that it is not his fault we got beat. I can see his point but that decision did play a part in the defeat.
“If he had said he would look back at it and say sorry if he got it wrong then that would be fine but don’t be arrogant towards me.
“It is poor because you are not allowed to speak to officials.
“I don’t like doing this but we have been done by another decision against us.”
Livi bossed the opening half and only a stunning triple save by Craig Gordon denied them an opener before Hearts took over after the interval.
Liam Boyce’s 49th minute winner finished up being the difference between the sides.
Martindale and his Livingston side must now turn their attention to Wednesday’s rearranged clash with Hibs.
The Livi boss said: “We did deserve to take something from the game.
“Craig Gordon makes a triple save in the first half and those also changed the game for us.
“We played well and we had a couple of decent chances in the second half as well.”