Walter Smith will reserve judgment on a controversial penalty incident and Madjid Bougherra's subsequent red card as Rangers lost their 100% record in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League in today's goalless draw at Motherwell.
But Smith admits the Scottish champions did not do enough to earn maximum points from the clash at Fir Park regardless of the late drama, which saw Allan McGregor save from Jim O'Brien's penalty after Bougherra was sent off for complaining about the decision.
Smith said: "I haven't had the opportunity to see it again, although there seems to be an element of doubt over whether any contact was made. If there was no contact made then we would have a problem."
He added: "When Madjid put his foot in to attempt to tackle, I think the referee would be right to consider he has made contact, although there seems to be an element of doubt over that aspect of it.
"The referee was well positioned but I haven't had an opportunity to see it. If he didn't make any contact with the player then I can understand his frustration, especially at that time in the game.
"Although I wouldn't condone his reaction to it, I certainly could understand it if that was the case.
"I was a bit disappointed by how we played overall. It took us a long time to get started in the game and it wasn't until after our substitutions that we managed to apply the amount of pressure we had hoped for.
"In fairness, I felt Motherwell played well and set their stall out well. We were just a bit off the pace of the game for the majority of the match.
"Although we created one or two opportunities, overall, I don't think we deserved any better than what we got."
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people like todd pathetic little worms who hide behind a keyboard spouting their bile , bitter twisted excuses for humans only 1 team in scotland and it aint those soap dodging fkers you turn on your radio n listen to yeh everyone knows your an armchair fan only celtic top you,ll see up close is the one you nicked off your neighbours washing line ,rangers no money ,no new players but top o the league doesn,t that tell you something we,re so bad yet you manky scum are below us
people like todd pathetic little worms who hide behind a keyboard spouting their bile , bitter twisted excuses for humans only 1 team in scotland and it aint those soap dodging fkers you turn on your radio n listen to yeh everyone knows your an armchair fan only celtic top you,ll see up close is the one you nicked off your neighbours washing line ,rangers no money ,no new players but top o the league doesn,t that tell you something we,re so bad yet you manky scum are below us
cheating H*N BAS FACT,now with all the yellow cards and red ones so far rankers rotten will be asking SFA for SPL extension allready lol coz soon No f*cking team to play,this is what happens when you have NO F*CKING MONEY & NO F*CKING TALENT
SCOTLANDS SHAME & DISGRACE RANKERS ROTTEN SC*M OF FITBA.
That was a stonewaller
defenders need to stay on there feet-refs are acting out instructions from the powers that be-not saying i agree with it but thats how it is.Judgement on the defenders part is always gonna be the important thing-the attacker was on the edge of the box, coming back across-did Madjid need to dive in at that point -no-but he did and we lost a penalty.
If the chances are high that a penalty is given when a defender tackles and plays the ball in the box then the referees are getting it wrong consistently. Should we be pandering to these incompetents by telling defenders not to tackle, or should we be getting rid of the hapless referees?
in my opinion it was-defenders know that if there gonna stick there leg in while its in the box, no matter if they play the ball, the chances of the opposition getting a penalty are gonna be high.
.Old firm fans need to open there eyes and see that we have no divine right to beat every team all the time and when the other teams play well lets say so-our game gets lambasted from all angles,and here we are focusing on how bad rangers were instead of how good the well were.Refreshing to see a team having a go and taking something
D-bol...well done m8..was it a Pen
Matthew-be honest mate-the well out played us for 80 mins-we were rotten and were lucky to get a point, but if we can still play like that and take something and not loose any ground in the title race i'll accept it now and again.Still top and thats one of our bogie teams played
Did u see the Motherwell full back causing Rankers hassle all day or was I watching another game
Of course it was not a pen!!!! If it happened in an old firm game there would be a riot?
Better team my @#$%? 11 behind the ball! chance from the spot and whoosh!!!!! bottled it the wee pleb.
How Boogie can say that was not a pen...
Matt..its was a stone waller...btw to Motherwell were the better team
Toggy, we all know you HATE the Famous & Glorious, Royal & Regal, Glasgow Rangers? So get over it. Your lot aren't that talented either.
todd @#$% whatever ur name is, fenian tit do one
typical bile from mrs todd-keepers are allowed to move from side to side you poor excuse for a human being-good to see that you continue your level of posting on here.Why are you not commenting on your own teams poor performance? or are you like so many of your fellow celtic fans unable to see past your own sides shortcomings?-still mrs todd it doesn't matter as the gers are still top of the league
wattie the tattie it was a stone waller penalty and should of been taken again as mcshagger moved well before the ball was kicked as you are aware rankers rotten are f*cking shtye and the well outplayed yur h*ns all game,
NO MONEY & NO F*CKING TALENT
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