"There weren't too many complaints, you know, from Shay Given, from the defenders, from the bench," McCarthy said after the 1-0 defeat at The Stadium of Light.
"It was more a look of acceptance that they'd actually lost two points.
"So yes, I feel hard done by because of that as well. I've not seen it - maybe when I see it I might have to write a letter of apology, but I can't see me doing it.
"Unless somebody can tell me he actually pushed him or barged him or did something that was really out of order and illegal, then I wonder had we been 1-0 up at St James' would it have been the same decision and would I have been walking off with a glum face and one point instead of three?
"Yes, I am bemoaning my luck and whinging because we've done everything in that game. We can't do any more than that in terms of playing and effort."
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