Simon Rusk brands Rangers penalty decision 'soft' as Dundee assistant demands improvements for relegation fight
dailyrecord.co.ukDundee assistant manager Simon Rusk felt let down by the officials after they awarded James Tavernier a penalty in his side's 3-0 home Scottish Cup defeat to Rangers.
The visitors were a goal up when Tavernier was bundled over by Ryan Sweeney inside the box midway through the first half. And match official Steven McLean showed no hesitation in pointing to the spot.Rusk told Premier Sports: "Obviously we're disappointed with the decision for the penalty."I've not actually seen it back yet.
I've been told it's soft. "Rangers were always going to cause us problems. We perhaps didn't deal with those problems they were offering well enough early in the game." Rusk, who was deputising in the absence of manager Mark McGhee, knows the cup exit isn't season defining as the Dark Blues fight at the foot of the table domestically.
But he believes improvements are needed for the same fixture against the title hopefuls in the league next Sunday."The result is the result.
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