Tony Docherty expressed his gratitude to Willie Collum, the head of referees for the Scottish FA, for reaching out to inform him that Dundee should have been awarded a penalty during their Scottish Premiership match against Ross County on Saturday.
Dundee found themselves down by two goals in Dingwall when striker Simon Murray was brought down by Kacper Lopata inside the box.
However, the referee, Grant Irvine, did not award a penalty, and the home team ultimately secured a 2-0 victory, ending Dundee's unbeaten run.
Despite his disappointment over the missed penalty opportunity, Dees boss Docherty commended Collum for his communication and professionalism regarding the incident.
“I’ve got to be really thankful for Willie Collum, who I have praised before in previous weeks," Docherty told Dundee's official website.
“He phoned me yesterday to tell me he’d watched it back himself.
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“I won’t get any absolute details about the conversation that we had, but we had an absolute stonewall penalty in the 55th minute against Simon Murray which can change the outcome of the game and I’m disappointed with that obviously.
“Regardless of how the team performs, you need things to go for you and that didn’t go for us.
“I appreciate massively Willie’s honesty and openness and that’s the way I think it should be.
“Previously, there was a decision that maybe should have gone against us in the derby, which I agreed with.
“This one should have gone for us but we never got the decision. But, again, I’m really thankful for Willie phoning me.
“I think we have got to see that transparency going forward. I thank him for phoning me and letting me know that the right decision was to award a penalty in the 55th minute which would have got us into the game.”
