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Ewan Paton

Rangers will appeal John Lundstram's red card against Hibs, Giovanni van Bronckhorst confirms

Rangers will appeal John Lundstram's red card against Hibs, GvB confirms

RANGERS will appeal John Lundstram's red card. 

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has confirmed that the club will look into their options following the midfielder's sending off versus Hibs.

The ex-Sheffield United ace was given his marching orders by Willie Collum following a cynical tackle on Martin Boyle, which halted a Hibs counter attack.

The decision appeared to be harsh, with the tackle not meeting IFAB's criteria for serious foul play. 

And van Bronckhorst will says Rangers will not be hanging around in trying to overturn Lundstram's suspension.

However, the Dutchman is unsure about an appeal regarding Alfredo Morelos' red.

He told Sky Sports: "It was a physical game. I saw some tackles in the first half with a lot of passion. The ref makes the decision if it's a red or yellow card.

"John was harsh to get the red card. I think it was a foul but he didn't have any intention to hit him really hard so I was surprised he gave the red card. We will have to look into this one.

"The second half, with the physicality they have it's always going to be fighting duels. The second red card, I haven't seen it back.

"So we will have to see what happened there but after the two decisions we were left with nine men so when we had the ball it was difficult to keep it and we were avoiding the goal against us."

The Rangers manager was asked for his thoughts on the penalty awarded to his team and whether Rocky Bushiri should've been flashed red. 

He responded: "I saw that the ball went back to the keeper and Antonio Colak went to press him. It looks like he held him with his hands and a foul in the penalty box.

"I wasn't sure about the rules. I think it's difference when it's a clear scoring chance or not. That was the argument with the officials. Once they decided it wasn't a clear opportunity and it was yellow, for me that was over."

On the introduction of VAR, he continued: "It will help the referees make the right decisions. Especially with the red cards you will have time to think about it and see if it's a red card or not and now once the decision is made you can't overturn it.

"I'm very pro-VAR but until it's here you can't change that."

He also provided an injury update on Tom Lawrence, who went off injured after scoring.

van Bronckhorst said: "It was a good move, a good attack with a great cross and goal. He was caught in a bad tackle and twisted his ankle a little bit.

"We took him off and will have to see if he's fit for Wednesday."

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