5 big VAR calls from Kilmarnock vs Rangers as THREE handball flashpoints sparks 'weird' Clement verdict

Philippe Clement described the failure to award Rangers a penalty at Rugby Park as WEIRD after Kilmarnock were given a spot kick for a similar handball situation.

And the baffled Belgian’s words came a mere hours after former top referee Steve Conroy had revealed his fears that a decision by VAR could end up swinging a nip and tuck Scottish Premiership title race.

The Light Blues dug out a huge three points in Ayrshire after an insipid first half performance during which they fell behind early on to a Danny Armstrong penalty after referee David Dickinson penalised John Lundstram. Andrew Dallas was on VAR duty and didn’t see it as a clear and obvious error worth sending the man in the middle to the monitor to review. But then an incident at the other end late on left Clement perplexed. The fixture wasn’t beamed live on Sky Sports so the pundits didn’t give a string of incidents the usual analysis, although the Kilmarnock TV commentary team - including ex Rangers player Dave MacKinnon - were also scratching their head at a few. Here, Record Sport picks out five that were debatable in Gers’ 2-1 win.

The Rangers midfielder was deemed to have handled the ball when Armstrong’s cross into the box cannoned off his arm, with the Killie man converting. It seemed an obvious one at the time but ex Ibrox winger Neil McCann wasn’t so sure and ex ref Bobby Madden agrees. McCann said on BBC Sportscene: “I know this is given as a penalty. No hesitation there in pointing to the spot. But I don't think it is. His elbow is tucked in. It's impact and then the arm comes away. I don't know what John Lundstram is supposed to do with his elbow.” And Madden added his voice of experience, saying: “At the point of contact the arm is tight to the