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Ben Banks

Rangers B team boss blasts 'ridiculous' Celtic red card as he mounts defence for derby collapse from 8 man side

Rangers 'B' team boss David McCallum says that the decision to send goalkeeper Lewis Budinauckas in a 3-1 derby defeat to Celtic was an odd game-changer.

The young Ibrox side were playing at the club's home stadium with senior manager Michael Beale in attendance, and it all started so well for them when Arron Lyall put them ahead. But the goalkeeper's dismissal decision was the turning point and Ben Quinn's double plus an Adam Brooks strike sealed a comfortable Lowland League win for Celtic.

Bailey Rice and Adam Devine - both involved in Premiership matches this term - were sent off in the second half as Rangers finished with eight men. But McCallum didn't understand the decision to send Budinauckas off for handling the ball outside his box, and says the linesman got it wrong. McCallum fumed: "I saw it at the time and we had video at the side of the pitch. Ridiculous decision. I spoke to Lewis at half-time, if you are going to make big decisions you need to get them right. It is clearly at very worst over the line, as in on the line as he catches it.

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