Blackpool drew 1-1 with Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road.

Blackpool boss Ian Evatt was left unhappy by the lack of protection for his players in their 1-1 draw away to Leyton Orient.

Ashley Fletcher bagged a stoppage time equaliser to cancel out Aaron Connolly’s 23rd minute opener to share the points with the East London outfit - who played the majority of the second half with 10 men following Tayo Adaramola’s sending off.

One incident that frustrated the Seasiders head coach involved Lee Evans, with the midfielder pulled back from the side as he went to take a long throw.

“I’ll try to be as calm as I can be,” Evatt said.

“Look, decisions happen sometimes in football matches that you can’t necessarily control. Emotions run high, and I completely understand the opposition’s emotions because they want to win as much as we do.

“Sometimes those decisions go for or against you - I agreed with it, but it’s their right not to agree with it.

“I thought there was a lot of emotion from the sides that wasn’t policed in the correct way.

“They were very close to the stand here, and you could see there was a lot of abuse from the side and grabbing hold of the football, affecting the speed of the game - without any retribution really, without the stewards taking control.

“I was disappointed by how that was handled. We have a duty to be protected when we’re in the opposition stadium, and in the same we have the duty to protect the opposition when they visit our stadium.

“That’s all I’ve got to say at the moment. For me it’s not acceptable and has to be dealt with. It’s not for me to make those decisions, all I can do is put together our side of the story.

“This is a brilliant football club, and they’ve come a long way in recent years. Richie (Wellens) is a fantastic manager. We shouldn’t be speaking about that, we should be speaking about the game.”

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