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title: "Rangers: Ally McCoist slams decision vs Antwerp"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-bt-sport-ally-mccoist-royal-antwerp-europa-league-lior-rafaelov/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Features"
published: "2021-02-19T16:15:07Z"
modified: "2021-02-19T16:15:07Z"
---

# Rangers: Ally McCoist slams decision vs Antwerp

**Glasgow Rangers legend Ally McCoist was livid with the decision to give Royal Antwerp a penalty during their clash in the Europa League against the Gers on Thursday.**

### **McCoist angry**

With the score at 1-1, Antwerp were given a penalty for a foul from Steven Davis on Lior Refaelov despite minimal contact. The latter duly converted the spot-kick to put his side in front.

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McCoist was covering the game for BT Sport, and he made it clear how angry he was with the decision. He said ([via HITC](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/02/18/thats-embarrassing-ibrox-legend-furious-after-scandalous-rangers-decision/)):

> *“It’s a scandalous decision. I’m embarrassed for Refaelov going down, but I’m equally if not more embarrassed for Kabakov the Bulgarian referee.*
>
> *“I mean, that is embarrassing to say the least. Look at the referee. He’s watching it, he’s absolutely watching it.*
>
> *“And do you know the problem we’ve got? We’ve actually got VAR now. It’s just compounded the referee’s mistake.”*

### **Hard to argue**

It was no doubt a soft decision – Davis barely touched his opponent, who went down with incredible ease. VAR remains a big problem in football. The issue is that many decisions remain subjective – no amount of replays can change what referees believe a foul should be.

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From a positive point of view, the Gers should be proud of how they reacted. That goal came in the eighth minute of injury time in the first-half – it would have been easy for the 54-time Scottish champions’ heads to drop after conceding so close to the interval. After the break, though, they came out fighting and actually prevailed 3-1 in the second 45 minutes. The result gives them a big chance of progressing to the next round of the competition.

***In other news, [Rangers fans slam this SFA appointment.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-sfa-andrew-phillips-premiership-compliance-officer-claire-whyte/)***