Motherwell boss frustrated by foul not given in build-up to Rangers winner in Premier Sports Cup semi-final defeat

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Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell insists there was a foul in the build-up to Rangers' winning goal at Hampden and says he is bitterly disappointed for his players to crash out of the League Cup in the semi-finals.The Steelmen gave the defending champions a run for their money with Andy Halliday's first half strike giving them a lead to hold onto.Rangers responded after the break to book their place in next month's final against Celtic with goals to from Cyriel Dessers and Nedim Bajrami to send the Steelmen spinning out.But Kettlewell insisted Zach Robinson was fouled before he played a pass to Dan Casey and the Irishman then lost possession, allowing Rangers to break upfield and score.He said: "I'm bitterly disappointed.

I think everyone can see how much we poured into the game. We got ourselves into a really good position at half-time and you always know there is going to be some sort of reaction from a Rangers point of view."I just said to the players there that I never want to be a glorious loser so I'm not going to sit here and start to make excuses or start to pat ourselves on the back."It has been a good achievement to get here, but we just felt that in moments of the game we lacked a bit of composure and the second goal is symptomatic of that."The second goal Rangers get is a foul on Zach Robinson, which I think the referee [Nick Walsh] has maybe acknowledged at the time, but Zach stays on his feet trying to keep the ball alive."It was at a time in the game where if we manage it better and make a better decision - that's no criticism of Zach, he's too honest sometimes - but that was a moment that led to a square pass and Rangers break on the counter attack at that stage."From our own point of view, we have to