Ipswich Town chief executive Mark Ashton is set to meet with PGMOL boss to demand answers after his side were denied a "stonewall penalty" against .

drew 1-1 with Leicester on Saturday after Jordan Ayew netted a late equaliser, but the Tractor Boys felt they should have been given a penalty after Abdul Fatawu clashed with Conor Chaplin.

Referee Tim Robinson did not point to the spot, though, and did not intervene and advise him to take a second look at the incident. Both Ashton and manager Kieran McKenna voiced their frustrations over the decision post-match.

It was the fourth VAR decision Ipswich feel has gone against them this season and Ashton has now hit out at the system. "From an entertainment perspective, I believe the game is worse off with VAR - from what I have seen," Ashton told Radio Suffolk.

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"All I ask for with refereeing and VAR is consistency. We have not seen consistency. I don't personally believe, and my colleagues don't personally believe, that we have seen consistency over the games. All I look for is consistency. Right now, I am confused."

He added: "I actually messaged Howard when we were 1-0 up because I had a sense of the way this was going to go. I've been in this game a long time and I could feel it.

"I messaged him simply and said, 'Look, can we speak directly after the game?'. We spoke directly after the game and some of that conversation needs to remain private because I'll end up being on a charge, I'll end up being on a stadium ban, I'll end up being fined, none of which worries."

And Ashton is set to meet with Webb to discuss the penalty incident against Leicester. "The culmination of the interesting conversation with Howard on Saturday night was that we will meet this week at Portman Road to discuss it," he added.

"We need answers. We need to understand. At the moment, I cannot understand some of the refereeing decisions that were made and I struggle to understand why we weren't awarded a penalty.

"I have seen former referees giving their opinion that it wasn't a penalty, but they cannot be serious. Come on - don't just back your former colleagues - it was a stonewall penalty."

Ipswich currently sit 18th in the and have yet to pick up a win this season. They are facing a particularly tough run of fixtures this month, with a trip to followed by a clash against in what will be Ruben Amorim's first game in charge.

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