Rangers penalty howler will 'stay a scar' for Philippe Clement as he passes the buck over Willie Collum apology

Rangers boss Philippe Clement insists he’s been scarred for life by Sunday’s cup final VAR cock-up.

The Ibrox boss revealed he had spoken directly with Willie Collum in the wake of the Hampden howler which the SFA ref’s chief himself admitted was “unacceptable”. And while Clement is satisfied with the openness and transparency offered by Collum he last night branded the episode a “really bad advert” for Scottish football. The Belgian claims the whole of Europe has been talking about the extra-time incident where the VAR team of Alan Muir and Frank Connor failed to spot Liam Scales’ foul on Vaclav Cerny carried on into the Celtic box.

Muir and Connor have been left off of duties for this weekend’s Premiership action while Rangers need to pick themselves up from their Hampden shoot out despair as Dundee visit Ibrox this afternoon. But Clement said he’ll never get over the penalty that wasn’t given. He said: “I had a lot of questions and texts. But not only me, also all the foreign players. I had some players in Monaco who sent me messages about that action. Yes, all of Europe has been talking about it.

"This moment is going to stay a scar. I had a few moments like it in my career and this will stay one. But now I’m looking forward to making a bright future with the club and this team. All my focus, all my energy is into that.”

Collum admitted the failure of the VAR duo to reverse on-field referee John Beaton’s decision to award Rangers a free kick after Scales pulled down Cerny was “a really, really poor decision”. And while Clement welcomed the honesty of the he doubled down on the Ibrox club’s statement earlier this week in which they claimed the incident had “damaged the credibility” of Scottish football.

Asked if the