John Souttar handball unites Rangers pundits after penalty award as Kenny Miller seethes and Ally McCoist lets rip

It was a big result for Rangers in Lisbon but it wouldn't be a big European game these days without some refereeing controversy, would it?

Philippe Clement and his team led twice against the Portuguese champions, eventually drawing 2-2 on a night of twists and turns. But it was Benfica's equalising goal, coming through a Angel Di Maria penalty, which raised plenty of eyebrows after the full-time whistle. The spot-kick was given for handball on John Souttar, initially missed by the in-game official but awarded after a VAR check.

It came as Souttar attempted to head a corner clear, but headed the ball down onto his own arm - enough for a penalty in the eyes of whistler Tobias Stieler after reviewing his own decision. It proved to be perhaps the least consequential goal of the game - with Rangers going back in front virtually straight away through Dujon Sterling before Connor Goldson's second-half own goal levelled things back up - but it's raised outcry among the pundits in the aftermath.

Kenny Miller let rip on Sportsound - citing a penalty West Ham DIDN'T get against Freiburg as all the proof you need that it shouldn't have been given. The incensed Ibrox hero said: "He clearly heads it off his arm. His arm and his head are less than a foot apart. I wonder if they think it's hit his hand first, his head, and then back to his arm - that's the only way I can understand it.

"His hand comes close to the ball as it's passing, but it's not conclusive. For me, there is no way in this world they can definitively say that the ball hit - and it must be the very tops of his fingers - before it hit his head. There is no way they can see that. I'm in absolutely no doubt, it's as clear as day, that he heads it onto his arm.

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