Yesterday, Rangers faced Livingston in the Scottish Premiership. A second-half goal from Scott Arfield was the difference-maker, with the Canadian scoring in the 59th minute.
However, Rangers fans felt slightly aggrieved that they weren’t playing against 10 men for the whole 90 minutes. They believe that John Guthrie deserved to be sent off in the 43rd minute after he cleaned out Connor Goldson with a late tackle.
When one Gers fan shared footage of the tackle, other supporters couldn’t believe that the referee only reached for a yellow. The footage shows Goldson stay down after the lunging challenge, before gingerly getting back to his feet.
Red all day long mate!
— Alan Walmsley (@Wom8le) February 16, 2020
Red card all day long at every level.
— Bruno (@daddybroon) February 16, 2020
Shocking near broken ankle
— average moanie dave (@masied81) February 16, 2020
A shocker…..just said elsewhere the lack of any remorse or apology shows exactly he knew what he was doing
— Andy (@theboysof609) February 16, 2020
It was a shocker in real time, its even worse seeing it repeated.
— The Railway Bears (@TheRailwayBears) February 16, 2020
Yet another unbelievable decision against Rangers – corrupt to the core
— kenny fell (@kennyfell) February 16, 2020
Was Guthrie's tackle deserving of a red?
Yes - red all day
No - just a yellow
One supporter questions why the linesman stood by idly, refraining from trying to change the referee’s decision.
Linesman was less than 2 yards away. Disgraceful he didnt tell the ref to send him off. But we should b used these decisions.
— Me (@steven13583) February 16, 2020
What do we think?
At the end of the day, Rangers walked away from the match with all three points. It is a big win for the Gers who are looking to close the gap on Celtic. There is still a lot of work to do, however, with Rangers still 10 points behind their rivals.