James McPake defended striker Leigh Griffiths and accused Rangers players of trying to get him into hot water. The Dundee gaffer insists he had no hesitation in putting the on-loan Celtic frontman on at Ibrox in his side’s 3-0 Premiership defeat.
Griffiths was incessantly booed by the home crowd while warming up and when he was introduced from the bench.He was booked by ref Alan Muir for a challenge on Joe Aribo and got involved in an altercation with Alfredo Morelos.
Griffiths then looked fortunate not to get a red card after catching Gers defender Calvin Bassey with a late tackle. But McPake backed his man afterwards and praised his players for backing up their team-mate.The Dark Blues boss said: “Leigh’s going to get a hostile
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