The 2 Livingston vs Rangers referee calls in focus as VAR gets plaudits after 'obvious' David Dickinson error

Livingston were guilty of not being streetwise enough against a ruthless Rangers side at the Tony Macaroni Arena, according to the Sportscene pundits.

A James Tavernier double and Kemar Roofe's late goal settled a 3-0 win for the Light Blues, with David Martindale's Lions reduced to 10 men in the second half when Stephane Omeonga was dismissed for a second booking. Talking points arose over the penalty which the Rangers captain scored in the first half, VAR deeming James Penrice to have pulled on Alfredo Morelos' shirt, the Colombian tumbling to the floor not spotted by referee David Dickinson.

Then Omeonga's second yellow brought some scepticism from Livi boss David Martindale after a trip on Roofe as the away side maintained their unbeaten Premiership record under Beale. The Sportscene panel of Scotland legend James McFadden and Rangers hero Neil McCann pored over the two big decisions, with the former wondering why both Almondvale men put themselves in the position to have a book thrown at them. McFadden explained: "David Martindale is disappointed and I can see both sides of it. Not every shirt pull results in a foul but it's crazy to put yourselves in that situation from James Penrice. Morelos isn't going to win the ball and I don't think it is impeding him in any way.

"Especially with VAR, you are giving the referee another look, and for me it is an easier one to give that not when you see how blatant the shirt pull is. Then there's the other one, where David's spoke about maybe Roofe initiating the contact.

"It is one of them, I think the yellow is because he's stopping a promising attack, I think that is why it is a yellow card. Now, he is trying to pull out and you could make the argument that Roofe is trying to