Scottish FA head of referees Willie Collum says it was the “wrong decision” not to award Rangers a penalty against St Johnstone for a shirt pull on Cyriel Dessers.
It was announced earlier this week by the SFA’s key match incident review panel that Saints defender Aaron Essel should have been penalised for a tug on the Rangers striker.
“We expect a penalty kick here and we expect the referee to be brought to the monitor to review the decision,” Collum said.
“You hear the referee saying he saw a ‘small hold but it has no impact’… but is what the refereeing saying actually what happened? We don’t regard this as a ‘small hold’ and as having ‘no impact’.
“We believe if this holding offence doesn’t happen, the attacker has the chance to challenge for the ball. It’s excessive holding.”
The previous weekend, defender John Souttar was penalised for handball in the box following a VAR review against Hibernian.
Mykola Kuharevich’s spot-kick was saved and the hosts maintained their 1-0 lead until full-time.
“It’s the correct decision for us,” Collum said of the Souttar incident.
“We think the Rangers defender throws himself to save the shot, block the shot at all costs. Unfortunately for him he’s made his body bigger, for us it’s not natural.
“There’s a slight arm movement, although it’s not deliberate, but it’s certainly a punishable handball.
“There is every opportunity the goalkeeper could save the shot. So we would not support a red card, it isn’t an obvious goalscoring opportunity.”
The position of goalkeeper Jack Butland’s feet in relation to the goal line was also discussed and Collum was “content” there was no need for a re-take.