Bournemouth's Dan Gosling has called on Premier League official Jon Moss to apologise to his club for making 'disrespectful comments' during their defeat by Sheffield United.
Midfielder Gosling has accused Moss, 49, of belittling the Cherries by speaking to the players about their relegation battle during their last match on Sunday.
Reports suggest Bournemouth are in talks with the Premier League over Moss' conduct after hearing of their players' complaints.
Gosling, speaking to the Daily Echo, said: 'The ref didn't help. Giving soft fouls away and little comments to two or three of the lads didn't help as well really.
'I thought it was very disrespectful what he was saying. It was just the little niggly ones and then the little sarky comments.
'The officials talk about respect at the start of the season and there was zero respect from Jon Moss on Sunday.
'I thought he was a disgrace. The comments that he made especially to me and one other player – talking about the relegation zone and 'you're still in the relegation zone', 'you're having one', 'your team's having one' this and that and it was very, very disrespectful.'
Gosling added on when Moss made the comments: 'During the game, yeah. I think he should really come out and apologise because I thought he was a disgrace.'
Moss, who became a Premier League official in 2011 after first refereeing in the Football League in 2005, was taking control of a Bournemouth game for the first time this season on Sunday.