New Rangers chief executive Patrick Stewart has demanded an explanation from the Scottish FA for not awarding a penalty in Sunday's League Cup final defeat to Celtic. Sky Sports News understand.
The Ibrox club wanted a spot-kick awarded when Liam Scales brought down Vaclav Cerny, with referee John Beaton awarding a free-kick just outside the area, while video assistant Alan Muir agreed with the call on the pitch.
Gers boss Philippe Clement said he had received "hundreds of messages" about the incidentsuggesting that the foul was on the area line and should have been a penalty.
The incident is expected to be analyzed in the Scottish FA's monthly VAR Review show - headlined by referee Willie Collum - with the show being filmed this week.
The Scottish FA also publishes a weekly assessment of key match incidents (KMI) that occur in games where VAR is operational. The review panel voted to determine whether the on-field decision and any subsequent VAR intervention was correct.
Each KMI panel consists of five members: three independent members with established careers in Scottish football - as coaches, former players and members of the Scottish football media - one representative from the Scottish FA and one representative from SPFL clubs.
Scales: I thought Cerny's foul was out of bounds
Celtic defender Liam Scaleswho was involved in the incident, speaking after the match at Hampden Park:
"I thought it was out of the box. I haven't seen it again, so I can't tell you if it was in or out.
"But at the time I thought it was out. There were no complaints at the time, so I guess we just got on with the game. So yeah, I'm sure they saw it up."
Clement received 'hundreds' of foul messages
Rangers HEAD Philippe Clement after losing to Celtic:
"I don't know if you've seen the images, but my phone is overloaded with the penalty situation with Cerny. I get hundreds of messages right now about it. It's also a really crucial moment in the game.
"Of course, he (the referee) can't see that moment. But he didn't get the communication from VAR to come and see the screen, which for me is a really strange situation. At least there is no look for that kind of situation in this type of game, for the situation that the referee can make a decision in that way.
"I didn't see it at the time because I still have pretty good eyes, but I can't see that much distance if the leg is out or in or on the line.
"So, no, but my phone is full of messages from everybody. I don't know. So these are things I can't control.
"I know all (the media) like to dig deep into things, so maybe it's an important moment to dig into this. Why is there no communication at this moment about a big decision like that, because it's obvious for everyone that it is a game - the decision to decide".
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