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Robbie Copeland

Connor Goldson Rangers handball claim shut down by Kris Boyd as ex Dundee United defender delivers 'raging' verdict

Pundits Kris Boyd and Sean Dillon were in agreement that referee Steven McLean was right to dismiss Dundee United's claims for a penalty against Connor Goldson.

The Rangers defender has been in the headlines lately after Celtic were contentiously denied a penalty last week despite the ball striking his arm in the box. It's sparked huge debate with boss Michael Beale claiming it wasn't a penalty by the rules, with Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou insisting it was a clear spot-kick.

Goldson was amongst it again in the first half of their clash with United when a ball in from the right appeared to brush his hand. But whistler McLean wasn't interested and VAR Steve Kirkland agreed as the game went into half-time scoreless. The pundits then debated it but there was a unanimous verdict as Dillon said: "If that was me and that was given against me I’d be raging. If that was my hand that it hit. I don’t know what to say any more. It doesn’t matter what league it is.

And Boyd added: "I don’t think it’s a penalty. It’s come in from a corner. Where can he put his hand? The confusion comes from, before the World Cup, a penalty being awarded every time the ball hit the hand. Now the referees have seen some sense and realised that not every handball is a penalty kick. I don’t know what Connor Goldson is meant to do there."

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