The Australia international appeared to go down theatrically just inside the box after 77 minutes.

Danny Murphy scored from the spot to secure victory after substitute Emile Heskey had opened the scoring seven minutes earlier.

Dublin, who started his career as a striker but is now in defence for Villa, told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I feel quite strongly that if someone purposefully acts and cheats it’s a disgrace.

“I have never, never done it in my career. If you have to go down when you are pushed over that’s fine.

“It is cheating [if you go over without being pushed]. It has to be thrown out of the game.”

Yeovil defender Hugo Rodrigues hit out at Kewell following the Third Division side’ defeat.

El-Hadji Diouf had already been booked for diving in the first half.

Rodrigues told The Sun: “I spoke with Kewell at the time and told him I never touched him. He said ‘Yeah, I know you didn’t. But this is football, man. I had to dive’.

“I have seen my challenge on Kewell again on the TV and it definitely wasn’t a foul. We deserved at least a draw because they scored one goal and were given a penalty that was not a penalty.

“Liverpool tried it at least four times in the first half and they do it to put pressure on the referee.”