Smith - Ref got it right

20 April 2011 08:30
Rangers boss Walter Smith backed the performance of referee Willie Collum in his side`s 4-0 romp over Dundee United. Collum sent three United players off and also awarded three penalties at Tannadice as Rangers moved four points clear at the top of the SPL. Manager Walter Smith said: "If we look at the penalties, I don't think anybody could argue that each was a penalty. "Under the letter of the law at the present moment, the referee has no other option but to send the players off. "It happens and it obviously dictated the manner in which the game was going to be played, especially after the second ordering-off. "Overall, it was a strange set of circumstances in the game and, I stress, I think the referee was perfectly correct. I don't think he had any other option."

Source: PA