Source: Team_Talk
Smith: Decisions go against us too
The Hoops will appeal the red card picked up by Scott Brown during Sunday's Old Firm derby, which Rangers won thanks to a late Maurice Edu goal.[LNB]But Smith claims the Scottish champions were also denied a penalty during the clash at Ibrox, when Edu appeared to be fouled in the box by Andreas Hinkel.[LNB]Despite those decisions, the Rangers boss praised the overall performance of referee Dougie McDonald after the game.[LNB]He also used his post-match press conference to hit out at the unnamed Celtic source who revealed the club's unhappiness with refereeing decisions this season just days before the crucial match.[LNB]"Because of what happened prior to the game I think it was always going to be the case that people would focus on decisions in Sunday's match," said Smith.[LNB]"Everything is highlighted in the Old Firm game from the referee's performance to each player's performance and you just have to accept that.[LNB]"Decisions go against us at times, despite what everyone else seems to be saying.[LNB]"We should have had a penalty, for example, when Maurice Edu was taken down in the box.[LNB]"However, the main thing from our point of view was our performance in the second half."[LNB]The dramatic late winner allowed Rangers to restore their 10-point lead at the summit of the SPL and put a massive dent in Celtic's own title hopes.[LNB]But Smith was unhappy at the lack of credit given to his players.[LNB]He told RangersTV: "I think we showed we can play well and I'm disappointed that this never gets mentioned.[LNB]"All we ever hear is that Rangers dig out a result and do this and that but in that second half we played very well, passed the ball well and created a number of chances.[LNB]"We kept a team that have tremendous attacking players back in their own half albeit we had the benefit when Celtic went down to 10 men halfway through that period."[LNB][LNB]
