WILFRIED ZAHA insists there is an agenda against him as the row over his booking for diving escalates.
The Crystal Palace attacker is adamant he should have been awarded a second-half penalty as Watford defender Adrian Mariappa appeared to foul him down in the box during the goalless draw at Vicarage Road.
However, referee Chris Kavanagh was having none of it and booked Zaha for simulation, denying Palace the chance of a precious three points.
The Ivory Coast star feels he is a marked man by referees and believes opposing fans will not be happy until he is banned.
Zaha was asked if there was an agenda against him.
He told Goals on Sunday: “I feel like there totally is, I see other players dive but I don’t see people trying to get them banned they way they want me banned.
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“I was so shocked when he (referee) said it was a dive.
“But I have not been banned (for diving) so clearly I’m not diving.
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“So I just play my football, people are going to say what they want to say, but that’s fine, I’ll still play the same way.”
The winger revealed Mariappa spoke to him after the game and admitted he did foul him and a penalty should have been awarded.
Zaha added: “You know what was so funny, after the game, he’s gone (Adrian Mariappa) ‘I’ll be honest Wilf it was actually a pen.
“Yeah ok, cheers mate, it makes no difference now.
“I was happy with the fact he said it, because you get those defender who clean you out then pull you off the ground and say ‘stop diving’ but we should have got a pen and I got a yellow card.”
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