We would have won with VAR – Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst claimed his side would have beaten Motherwell if Scottish referees had video assistance as he defended his players’ mentality following a 2-2 Ibrox draw.

The cinch Premiership champions missed the chance to cut the gap on the leaders to a point as they threw away a two-goal lead hours after Celtic were held by Hibernian.

The Light Blues were utterly dominant in the opening stages and scored twice inside 90 seconds midway through the first half. The opener appeared to come off Bevis Mugabi under pressure from Alfredo Morelos before Fashion Sakala scored his fifth goal against Motherwell this season.

But Motherwell got a lifeline in the 52nd minute when Kaiyne Woolery destroyed stand-in centre-back John Lundstram for pace and delivered a cross on a plate for Jordan Roberts to tap in.

Morelos had two goals disallowed for offside before Woolery netted himself in the 76th minute after making the most of a hopeful ball into the box and stabbing a shot inside Allan McGregor’s near post.

Van Bronckhorst felt Liam Shaw was offside in an earlier phase of Motherwell’s attack as he defended his decision to wait until the 83rd minute before making a change, his only one, when Kemar Roofe replaced Sakala.

“We should have won the game in the first half with the chances we created,” the Dutchman said. “We created 30 chances. I know it has been hard weeks but we were playing well and creating chances.

“We got three minutes extra time, which for me was unbelievable. Again it is the refs that decide it.

“I think with the build-up to the second goal, the player (Shaw) was offside and we scored two goals which were even closer with Morelos. You couldn’t see it with your eye and they got that really