The Republic of Ireland was beaten by Scotland in the Nations League and manager Stephen Kenny called it a "harsh" result.
After Alan Browne clearly handled in the area, the Irish boss questioned the awarding of the spot- kick.
Kenny thought Browne had been pushed by a Scottish player, but he was wrong.
He said that Alan had been pushed by a Scottish player.
I had a quick glance at it. It's hard to tell, but it appears that he was pushed off balance by a Scottish player, which forced him to raise his hand.
We played well for a long time tonight and it was a harsh loss.
Ryan Christie stroked home the 80th-minute penalty to leave the Scots needing only a point away to Ukraine on Tuesday to win Group B1.
Troy Parrott missed a glorious chance to put the visitors ahead once more after Hendry's leveller, but the Irish were good value for their half-time lead.
"We played brilliantly in the first half and showed the ability to control the game and composure under pressure," said Kenny, whose side drew with Ukraine in Poland three days later.
The goal that tied the game was against the run of play.
We conceded the goal and I thought we did a good job. We had a lot of chances to take the lead, but we didn't.
The moment Irish fans will look back on is when Parrott missed a chance after being played in by Obafemi.
He knows he should have scored but he's been brilliant for us.
His finish for the disallowed goal was amazing.
The last three performances have been very good, where we beat Scotland, were excellent against Ukraine and tonight is a very good performance.
The Irish will be without Josh Cullen for Tuesday's concluding Nations League game at home to Armenia after he was sent off in Saturday's game.
We will be prepared for Tuesday night and Armenia. Kenny said that they had sold 44,000 tickets which showed the passion for the team.
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