Rangers have opened dialogue with the SFA after the club felt they were denied a clear penalty kick during today's clash with Celtic.
Leading through a Paulo Bernardo goal in the first half, Celtic full-back Alistair Johnston appeared to handle the ball inside his own penalty area under pressure from Abdallah Sima.
The VAR check for handball came to nothing but it later emerged that Sima had been offside in the build-up.
Gers boss Philippe Clement was furious in post match press conference as he took aim at the officials over the incident.
And now the Rangers Review report that the club have requested the VAR audio from the SFA.
A Rangers spokesperson said: “Rangers have asked the Scottish FA to make the VAR audio available to the club to understand why no penalty was awarded despite a clear handball by Celtic’s Alastair Johnston.
“The club is keen to understand the process that led to that decision being made as it was not made public at the time, nor communicated to our team.
“We also understand Sky, as the league’s official broadcaster, is deeply unhappy and confused with the situation. Their panel spent half-time in agreement Rangers should have been awarded a penalty, unaware of any offside check. Again, this only surfaced in the second half.
“Rangers remains advocates of VAR, but there must be significantly more transparency for it to be successful in Scotland.”
“My biggest frustration isn’t Cyriel Dessers missing a chance because (Erling) Haaland and (Kylian) Mbappe miss chances like that,” said Clement, who claims he was handed a yellow card during the game “for reacting too hard on a ball that was clearly ours given to the other side”.
“My biggest frustration is that if there’s a clear handball, I don’t understand why it’s not a penalty given.
“It’s a clear thing so I’m curious about it.
“There was no communication towards me. And if the communication is that Sima is offside, I’m not a referee but there should have been a clear signal from VAR for offside.
“Then everyone knows the decision. There was no communication at that moment.
“Otherwise, the signal of the referee is not correct. So there’s been a mistake and it’s clear for everyone to see.
“I also make mistakes but it’s an expensive one today.”
