Source: Team_Talk
Much Edu about Loovens challenge
Rangers midfielder Edu initially felt Celtic defender Loovens had accidentally raked studs down the back of his knee during the May 9 Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League clash at Ibrox.
But having since watched replays of the incident, Edu has changed his mind,
"When it happened, I thought Loovens had kicked the ball away and had just followed through," said Edu of the incident, which has been referred to the Scottish Football Association's disciplinary committee.
"But, when I saw the replay, it looked a little bit more malicious.
"It was definitely sore right up to a couple of days afterwards."
Edu, who revealed Loovens apologised to him immediately after the incident, added: "I think it's good the SFA are looking at video evidence because sometimes situations happen during a game and the referee can miss them."
Meanwhile, Ibrox striker Nacho Novo has revealed Rangers were fired up by jibes from both Georgios Samaras and Aiden McGeady as they clinched the title on Sunday.
Walter Smith's men won the SPL for the first time in four years after beating Dundee United 3-0 on the final day of the season.
Celtic striker Samaras claimed in the build-up to the game that Rangers would be unworthy champions but it was the taunts of Parkhead team-mate McGeady which most rankled Novo.
A video of the Republic of Ireland midfielder revelling in Rangers' misery when Celtic won the title 12 months earlier was shown to the Ibrox players before they travelled to Tannadice.
Novo told the Daily Record: "In this game - and especially in this country - you should always show some respect for the other side. In fact, in life you should have respect for other people.
It's a basic rule.
"Samaras broke that rule when he said what he said and Aiden McGeady did the same thing a year ago when they won the title at Tannadice.
"We saw the video clip of him after that game and I have always kept it on my mind. A few of the boys felt the same.
"That showed no class and no respect.
"If they were being honest with themselves they would admit the only reason they won that title last year was because Rangers had to play four games in a week. It's probably fair to say we deserved to win that league more than them.
"So how McGeady reacted was not right. And what Samaras said last week was just as much of an insult."
