Jonah Ayunga says Rangers were lucky to escape Paisley with a point as St Mirren striker questions officials

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Saints striker Jonah Ayunga believes Rangers were incredibly fortunate to leave the SMiSA Stadium with a point.The powerful forward thought he’d helped his Buddies to a second win against the Old Firm in Paisley this season.Having scored in their impressive 2-0 win against Celtic in September, the 25-year-old bagged the opener early in the second half of Saturday’s clash before the Ibrox side netted from the spot late on to salvage a point.Ayunga felt decisions were consistently going against his side in the latter stages of the eventful match, in which he insisted St Mirren were unfortunate not to claim another big three points at home.He told Renfrewshire Live Sport: “I’m happy with a point but we feel it could be more if we had just held on.

It’s still a good result in the end.“It didn’t feel like 11 vs 11 after 60 minutes. They were getting every decision, every 50-50.“That contributes to you feeling under pressure and there’s only so long you can keep repelling attacks without getting anything [from the referee].“It felt like it was coming towards the end, but some of the decisions didn’t help.“Before the penalty there’s a foul on Mark O’Hara in their half that doesn’t get given and you think VAR will check that whole phase.

I don’t think they did. It’s frustrating.“It’s the same feeling we have on the season as a whole. We will take it, but we definitely know we could have done more and deserve more throughout the season.

We have got a point but we think it could have been three and we think we could have been higher in the table.“I think we had better chances than them and deserved to win it.”Despite being disappointed at dropping two points, Ayunga was still pleased to make his mark in yet another massive game in