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Aidan Smith

Todd Cantwell takes aim at Scottish officials as he makes Rangers bookings claim

Todd Cantwell has continued to call out officials after Rangers' win over Livingston at the weekend.

The Ibrox attacker took to social media to highlight an incident that was not picked up by VAR, despite a busy afternoon for the video technology.

Cantwell came on as a second-half substitute and he picked up a booking six minutes from time after a clash with Livi's James Penrice.

The former Norwich man was flashed a yellow for pushing his opponent, but he took to his socials to show just why he reacted in this way.

The footage appeared to show Penrice lashing out at Cantwell as he aimed his boot towards his shin.

Cantwell captioned the post: "Didn't get checked. For context I got booked here, not even looked at.

"If I didn't pull my leg away we wouldn't be most worried about it not being looked at."

Rangers fans reacted to the incident on social media with some admitting that they missed the flashpoint themselves.

One fan wrote: "Hold my hands up btw I thought Cantwell was far too quick to react over this but seeing that back now it's hard to blame him for losing his cool."

Cantwell subsequently replied insisting he rarely picked up bookings before he moved to the Scottish Premiership with Rangers.

He responded: "I’ll let you off I could count on one hand how many bookings I had before I came to Scotland."

Across all competitions, Cantwell has picked up six bookings this campaign. During his time at Norwich City, the Englishman picked up 18 yellows in 129 matches.

It was a busy afternoon for VAR at the Tony Macaroni Arena with Connor Goldson having a goal ruled out early on, and two penalties were also awarded following lengthy checks.

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