Coach Beenhakker accuses Webb of knocking the Poles out of Euro 2008

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Poland were leading at the Ernst Happel Stadium until the 93rd minute when Ivica Vastic scored from the spot after Mariusz Lewandowski was penalised for holding Sebastian Prodl's shirt.

Webb and his team of assistants are the only Englishmen at the tournament and Beenhakker thought the man in charge was trying to steal the limelight.

Not happy: Poland's Dutch head coach Leo Beenhakker throws a bottle of water after Howard Webb awarded a penalty to Austria.

Beenhakker said: "Maybe he wants to show he is a big boy and has the guts to do it, I don't know.

"I've never had a problem in 43 years of being in football but this is something I cannot understand."

Poland can still qualify for the quarter-finals but need to get a win against Croatia, who are the first to go through from Group B after beating Germany 2-1. Even then they are relying on other results going their way.

Beenhakker added: "It's impossible to accept but I am working on it.

"I'm very satisfied with the boys, I have no complaints about the boys.

"We don't have it in our own hands any more and the conclusion is we are out of the tournament."

Austria also had reason to be upset with the officials as Brazil-born playmaker Roger Guerreiro was offside when he tapped in his first goal for Poland.

"I was told the Poland goal was offside but if the referee does not whistle it is a goal," said Austria coach Josef Hickersberger.

Beenhakker claimed the draw hurt more than the defeat by Germany in their opening match of the tournament.

"If you lose a game because they score two and you don't it's different and tough but you accept it," he said. "Sometimes you don't get what you deserve. This hurts much more than the first match.

"It was the only situation to survive in the tournament. Austria is excited about the result. Our conclusion is that with this result we are out of the tournament."