They are not, you are contradicting yourself from your first post, they are reffing as they do in the prem, its just your used to a poorer ref from the championship for most games of the season. Like someone just said if you had managed to get a few more shots on targets (and converted them)...
I dont think they set out in either game to ruin Brightons chance of going up (especially in this game as Brighton are not even playing) I think they do however let the game flow a little