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Robbie Hanratty

Sportscene pundits in unanimous Rangers penalty verdict as James McPake adamant a corner was correct call

Sportscene pundits Richard Foster and James McPake both agreed that Rangers' first half penalty against Dundee was 'soft'.

The Gers came from a goal down to beat McPake's old side thanks to Connor Goldson's late strike, which keeps Giovanni van Bronckhorst 's side three points behind Celtic in the Premiership title race after a game fuelled with talking points.

However when asked by host Steven Thompson if they thought referee Bobby Madden made the correct decision to award Rangers a penalty for Alfredo Morelos going down in the box, the duo expressed similar views.

Foster replied: "I'm not sure you can call it a challenge.

"To me both players are doing the exact same thing here. The difference is Morelos lets go of the defender maybe a second before the defender lets go of Morelos. So you see he has a hand full of his shirt.

"He doesn't pull him back. He doesn't impede him. They are both at it.

"It's just a 50/50 and should be no penalty for me."

Former Dundee boss McPake also expresses his disbelief at the award and stated a corner should've been given.

He said: "I completely agree. There's a push.

"Both of them are at it, that's what happens in the box and it should have been a corner.

Forster weighed in on the fact that James Tavernier missed the subsequent penalty.

He added: "Even though he gives the penalty , it's not a penalty because you see the flight of the ball, there's no way Morelos is getting an attempt on target.

"So it's not a goalscoring opportunity.

"Dundee will think that parity was made because he (Tavernier) misses the penalty."

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