Neil McCann insists Rangers’ red card was incorrect, citing a Celtic example to demonstrate he is not wearing blue-tinted glasses.

Despite having 10 men, Rangers had a comfortable second half, but the first-half decisions have sparked debate.

Neil McCann believes  Jose Cifuentes should not have been sent off in Rangers’ win over Dundee.

Kevin Clancy’s calls and VAR reviews dominated the first half at Ibrox. After a video monitor review determined that Aaron Donnelly had pulled too much of Abdallah Sima’s shirt, James Tavernier slotted home a penalty following Cyriel Dessers’ leveller and Amadou Bakayoko’s Dundee opener. Soon after, the Brighton loanee made it 3-1, and Todd Cantwell thought he had the fourth after a mazy run, but Clancy had already blown for a foul by Dessers on Malachi Boateng, which enraged manager Philippe Clement.

Cifuentes was then dispatched after a Bakayoko challenge was upgraded from yellow to red. This irritated McCann, but he insists his Ibrox past has no bearing on the decision, citing a similar Greg Taylor incident in a recent Celtic match as evidence. He said: “I know he (Dundee manager Tony Docherty) is upset with the penalty. think it is the correct decision. It is soft.

“This one with Cifuentes, I know he catches him and it is late. For me it is a yellow card. In case anybody starts shouting ‘it’s because he’s ex-Rangers’, it’s not. I am the same with Greg Taylor at Celtic, I am the same with Harry Paton (at Motherwell) last week. I am the same there, I think a yellow if a card. I don’t think there is a lot of force going through it and he tries to pull his leg back.”

James McFadden, another pundit, was sceptical. “It’s a red card for me,” he added. I think there is a stamp, it’s not forceful, he has overextended because he has lost the ball.”

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