It's rarely dull when Rangers and Aberdeen. Throw in a cup semi-final, a muddy pitch and VAR – well, for the majority of the game at least – and one of Scottish football's most fiery fixtures didn't disappoint. It provided 120 minutes of drama, even if it wasn't necessarily a game for the purists.
We had a red card with calls for another sending off, three goals, a goal chopped off for offside and a technical issue with the aforementioned VAR which meant match referee Nick Walsh had to go without for a spell at the start of extra time. But when the dust settled it was the Ibrox side who will go through to the final to meet Celtic on February 26 despite a decent effort from Jim Goodwin and his men.
Michael Beale can reflect on an impressive start to his Rangers managerial tenure yet there are still issues that will be nagging him. Some can be sorted by recruiting in this transfer window. Others can be ironed out on the training ground. Here, Record Sport looks at some of the talking points that arose from the second semi-final of the weekend on Sunday.
