Scottish League Cup: Rangers supervisor Philippe Clement believes they had been denied a penalty in ‘merciless’ defeat to Celtic | Soccer information

Rangers supervisor Philippe Clement believes Rangers had been denied a penalty earlier than their “merciless” defeat to Celtic within the League Cup remaining.

Celtic clinched the trophy due to a tense penalty shootout after the edges drew 3-3 in an exhilarating 120 minutes at Hampden Park.

However Clement was livid with VAR, believing his workforce ought to have been awarded a penalty early within the second half, which might have been a serious turning level within the match.

Liam Scales grabbed a handful of Vaclav Cerny’s shirt and pulled him to the bottom, receiving a yellow card for the foul. A free kick is awarded simply inside the realm.

“I do not know when you’ve seen the footage once more, however my telephone is overloaded with the penalty state of affairs with Cerny. I am now getting lots of of messages about it. It is also a extremely decisive second within the match.

“After all he (the referee) cannot see that second. However he did not get the communication from VAR to come back and have a look at the display screen, which for me is a extremely unusual state of affairs. No less than he does not There isn’t any view on this sort of state of affairs in this sort of sport, on the state of affairs during which the referee can decide on this method.

“I did not see it at the moment as a result of I nonetheless have superb eyes, however I am unable to see that a lot distance if the foot is outdoors, inside or on the road .

“So no, however my telephone is filled with messages from everybody. I do not know. So these are issues I am unable to management.

“I do know all the pieces [the media] I wish to dive deep into issues, so possibly this is a vital time to delve deeper into that. Why is there no communication for the time being on such an vital choice, as a result of it’s clear to everybody that it’s a decisive choice.”

Clement is but to beat Celtic as Rangers supervisor however was happy with his gamers’ perspective.

“I would not wish to be right here speaking a few penalty as a result of I need to speak in regards to the workforce and what they did at this time,” Clement mentioned. “How courageous they had been after an amazing European night on Thursday and gave rather a lot in opposition to Tottenham.

“Two days much less restoration and displaying the bodily ranges they reached at this time.

“There may be additionally workforce spirit, mentality and good soccer. I believe it was an excellent match for Scottish soccer, this remaining.

“Everybody may be pleased with it, however you need to win the trophy.

“However we needed to do a variety of additional issues to make it on our aspect when you don’t get a penalty like that.”

He mentioned the defeat, which got here after Ridvan Yilmaz was the one participant to fail to attain a penalty, was “merciless”.