As a traumatic few days for Arsenal reached another low last night with elimination from the FA Cup by Blackburn Rovers, Arsène Wenger continued to rage about the fallout from Sunday’s acrimonious Carling Cup final defeat by Chelsea, accusing Frank Lampard, the Football Association and one of the match officials at the Millennium Stadium of failing to “tell the truth”.

The Arsenal manager appears certain to be hit by an FA disciplinary charge after accusing one of the match officials in Cardiff of lying by telling the FA’s compliance unit that Emmanuel Adebayor had punched Lampard during the brawl that resulted in red cards for the Arsenal striker as well as Kolo Touré, his teammate, and John Obi Mikel, the Chelsea midfield player.

Wenger also claimed that Lampard, the England midfield player, had a responsibility to “tell the truth” about the incident to spare Adebayor from further punishment.

“We lost players on Sunday for three or four games, players like Adebayor who would have played tonight,” Wenger said after his team lost 1-0 at Ewood Park to Benni McCarthy’s spectacular 87th-minute goal.

“I don’t agree with the compliance committee. They have a very selective view and I don’t agree with the report of the linesman on Adebayor. For me, he lies. I feel that Adebayor didn’t punch anybody. When the linesman says that he did, he lies.

“I would like someone to ask Lampard if he was punched by Adebayor. If Lampard says yes, then we accept it. I want him to tell the truth. But we have watched it under a microscope. And if you see Adebayor punching Lampard, I would like you to show me.”

Wenger had more pressing concerns after a result that earned Blackburn a quarter-final tie at home to Manchester City and left Arsenal facing the prospect of another barren season unless they can overturn a first-leg deficit against PSV Eindhoven in the last 16 of the Champions League next Wednesday.

However, having had Adebayor charged by the FA on Monday with “reacting aggressively and failing to leave the field of play” after his red card and Emmanuel Eboué charged with violent conduct after appearing to strike Wayne Bridge, Sunday’s Carling Cup final defeat was still hurting him. Both players have denied the charges.

“It’s just a coincidence when you have 20 players in a brawl and only the Arsenal players are guilty,” Wenger said. “It’s unbelievable. Maybe that’s their [the FA’s] way to do justice. It’s difficult to accept.”

Nor was defeat in last night’s FA Cup fifth-round replay taken readily by Wenger, who complained about two penalty appeals that were rejected by Graham Poll, the referee, and about a similar incident in the first match at the Emirates Stadium.

“We had two reasonable penalty appeals turned down and in the first game there was also one that was 100 per cent,” he said. “We shouldn’t have been here tonight because there was such a clear penalty in the first game. We could make a very good videotape of the penalties we haven’t been given this season.”