Inside Rangers post match debrief as Philippe Clement cools VAR fury with promising Fabio Silva moment pinpointed

Perplexed Philippe Clement called for handball clarity after claiming it was bizarre to see Rangers concede an Ibrox spot-kick just three days on from having their contentious Parkhead penalty appeal rejected.

The Ibrox club’s remarkable 74-game run without giving away a Premiership spot-kick came to an end when John Souttar was punished during yesterday’s 3-1 win over Killie. But the decision left Rangers’ Belgian boss puzzled following the simmering row over the incident involving Celtic’s Alistair Johnston in Saturday’s Old Firm clash. Gers are still waiting to hear the audio of the on-pitch discussions between derby ref Nick Walsh and VAR Willie Collum.

In the meantime, Clement has repeated Ibrox chiefs’ calls for transparency after admitting he has no idea what referees are looking for when they judge handball calls. He said: “The only downside for me is that I cannot explain to my players anymore what is handball and what is not after this game.

“If we get a penalty and a goal against like this three days after what happened at Celtic Park, I can’t give them an explanation and that’s different as a manager when you cannot give an explanation. It's not easy. Afterwards, we can laugh and it’s not a big difference, it's 3-0 or 3-1. Just for the future, it needs to be clear for everybody what is handball and what is not handball and these two situations. It's a little bit bizarre."

Gers bounced back from that Old Firm defeat to sweep past Derek McInnes’ team. And Clement now wants his players to put their feet before coming back recharged, ready and raring for a huge second half of the season. They are off to Spain next week for a warm weather training camp.

The get-together will be vital as Clement plans ahead for the