Philippe Clement in ref demand as Rangers boss points to 'reckless' Hibs flashpoint amid danger tackle plea

Raging Rangers boss Philippe Clement has called for a zero-tolerance crackdown on danger tackles.

The Ibrox gaffer reckons midfield ace John Lundstram was lucky to avoid serious injury after being caught by Hibs’ Nathan Moriah-Welsh’s “reckless” lunge at Easter Road. Referee Steven McLean was quick to take firm action as he immediately flashed red at the Guyana international just two minutes after the hosts had also seen Jordan Obita dismissed for a second yellow.

But Clement - who also accused Motherwell’s Dan Casey of kicking Ross McCausland out of last week’s clash at Ibrox - reckons Scottish football needs to do more to stamp out high-risk challenges. The Gers boss, who saw his side book a Scottish Cup semi-final slot thanks to goals from Lundstram and Fabio Silva - said: “The tackle was a few yards away from me. It is a reckless tackle with the studs in front and it doesn’t matter then if you break a leg or not. It is just reckless.

“I think it’s important to get that kind of tackle out of the game because we have seen the last couple of weeks sometimes when we didn’t get the red card. I was not happy about that also that moment.

“I think it is not good for Scottish football, English football, Belgian football, German football, tackles like that. Players need to know if you tackle like that you get a red card. It is for nobody good because it is a danger to injure someone if you go in like that.

"I have seen [those tackles] before but then they were red cards everywhere, in France, in Belgium, in Europe. And here some people pass by without red cards.

“I think it is good for the game that all the players understand that is not the way you tackle because you endanger your opponent and nobody wants to get tackles like