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David Irvine

Boyd issues 'more excuses' Rangers reality check after Clement penalty complaints

Kris Boyd issued a Rangers reality check as he blasted "more excuses" as the dreadful away record extended to just four wins in 15 outings.

The Ibrox hero called out the shocking stat after the breathless 3-3 draw with Hibs as he refused to blame penalty controversy for the dropped points in the capital.

Rangers had been two goals to the good in the first half and were then 3-2 ahead before the hosts clawed level again to claim a share of the points.

Philippe Clement was furious post-match as he questioned a penalty awarded to Hibs when Josh Campbell went down in the box under challenge from Ianis Hagi.

"I'm very disappointed also about conceding a penalty like that, and not about the way, but about the decision," said Clement. "It's just a collision of two players with their hips against each other.

"You cannot say that the one makes a fall and the other one not a fall in that moment. It's just a collision of two players and Ianis was even the one a little bit in front maybe, and the other player's legs go around him. So it's a game-decisive moment, and it's really sore to have that again against you.


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"I'm curious what the panel will say about this, because if these are penalties every time, then I need to ask all my players, with every contact, collision, to go down in the box. What I don't want. That's not the football, how it needs to be played."

Boyd, though, branded Clement's post-match debrief as blaming "refereeing problems" rather than confronting the poor record on the road this season.

The Sky Sports pundit said: "It is four wins in the last 15 games away from home for Rangers, it's not good enough. You've got to win the game.

"They didn't [win the game]. That's the reality of it. We can go on about penalty kicks...

"It's more excuses, it's more refereeing problems but the reality is Rangers went 3-2 up again and failed to see out a game.

"I'll say it again, it is four wins out of 15. And not every one of those results has been down to a refereeing decision."

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