Rangers boss Philippe Clement hits out at VAR official after controversial penalty call in Hampden final
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Philippe Clement criticised video assistant Alan Muir for failing to send referee John Beaton to the pitchside monitor to review a penalty claim for Rangers during an agonising defeat in the Premier Sports Cup final. Speaking after his side lost on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw, Clement claimed Rangers should have had a spot-kick when Liam Scales pulled back Vaclav Cerny three minutes into extra-time.
![[Clement consoles Ridvan Yilmaz after the defender missed a penalty in the Hampden shootout]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/22/93173357-0-image-m-75_1734302374209.jpg)
Video images showed that the pull continued into the penalty area, with former referee Bobby Madden taking to social media to claim that it was ‘100 per cent a penalty kick’ before expressing amazement that the VAR officials failed to recommend another look.
![[Clement says Rangers did not deserve their heartbreaking defeat in the Premier Sports Cup final]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/22/93175527-0-image-m-77_1734302401446.jpg)
It was a view echoed by the Rangers boss after he became the first manager in the post-war era to go six Old Firm games without a win. Clement claimed his side deserved more than another heartbreaking defeat to their oldest rivals. ‘Football can be amazing great and amazing fun. It can be very cruel. This was a really cruel one,’ said the Belgian. ‘I think my team deserved more today, creating more chances than the opponent.
‘Coming back in a good way and losing with penalties at the end, it stays a casino game at that moment. But also, I don’t know if you saw the images back, but my phone is overloaded with the penalty situation with Cerny. Philippe Clement insists Liam Scales' challenge on Vaclav Cerny should have been reviewed.
