SCALES OF INJUSTICE

Former ref Roache say Gers should have had pen

-  KEITH JACKSON

A FORMER top-flight referee has claimed Rangers should have been awarded a penalty in extra time of a cup final epic against Celtic.

Speaking on Record Sport's Hotline Live Ex-grade one whistler Des Roache insisted VAR Alan Muir should have spotted Liam Scales hauling down Vaclav Cerny inside the penalty box.

And Roache believes Muir broke with protocol by failing to tell ref John Beaton to take a look at the flashpoint for himself on the pitch side monitor.

Roache said: "The OPINION Former ref Des Roache laws of the game state that, if you are pulling a player outside the penalty area and it continues inside the penalty area it's a penalty kick.