Sportscene pundits in unanimous Rangers penalty verdict as James McPake adamant a corner was correct call

Alfredo Morelos won Rangers a controversial first half penalty which was subsequently missed by James Tavernier.

Sportscene pundits Richard Foster and James McPake both agreed that Rangers' first half penalty against Dundee was 'soft'.

The Gers came from a goal down to beat McPake's old side thanks to Connor Goldson's late strike, which keeps Giovanni van Bronckhorst 's side three points behind Celtic in the Premiership title race after a game fuelled with talking points.

However when asked by host Steven Thompson if they thought referee Bobby Madden made the correct decision to award Rangers a penalty for Alfredo Morelos going down in the box, the duo expressed similar views.

Foster replied: "I'm not sure you can call it a challenge.

"To me both players are doing the exact same thing here. The difference is Morelos lets go of the defender maybe a second before the defender lets go of Morelos. So you see he has a hand full of his shirt.

"He doesn't pull him back. He doesn't impede him. They are both at it.

"It's just a 50/50 and should be no penalty for me."

Former Dundee boss McPake also expresses his disbelief at the award and stated a corner should've been given.

He said: "I completely agree. There's a push.

"Both of them are at it, that's what happens in the box and it should have been a corner.

Forster weighed in on the fact that James Tavernier missed the subsequent penalty.

He added: "Even though he gives the penalty , it's not a penalty because you see the flight of the ball, there's no way Morelos is getting an attempt on target.

"So it's not a goalscoring opportunity.

"Dundee will think that parity was made because he (Tavernier) misses the penalty."