Tony Docherty demands rule change after what happened in Rangers 5-0 win v Dundee
Dundee boss Tony Docherty has called for a rule change after a controversial moment during his side’s 5-0 defeat to Rangers on Wednesday night.
The Gers turned in a fantastic performance with goals from Ryan Jack, Danilo, Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and James Tavernier, but the strike from Dessers to make it 4-0 was shrouded in controversy after the referee impeded a Dundee player in the build up but didn’t stop the game.
Lammers went on to play Dessers through who slotted it beyond the goalkeeper, and Docherty told Sky Sports (1 November) that it was “one of the most bizarre goals” he has ever seen and admitted he didn’t understand how there wasn’t a rule in place to fix incidents such as those.
“Absolutely and I don’t understand why there can’t be a rule for that,” he said.
“If that’s a Rangers player who has impeded our player, you know the referee has actually fouled our player. And because of the player’s reactions they actually run through and score.
“It’s one of the most bizarre goals I’ve ever seen and the explanation I got for it even more bizarre.
“It’s not the reason we got beat but it certainly did exacerbate things, and I just don’t understand why there isn’t a law against that.”
Funny
It’s funny being on this side of the incident because as Docherty himself admitted, it didn’t really effect the result on the day too much as were by far the better team.
But if that had happened against us in an Old Firm derby with the game level, then we would be absolutely furious and rightly so.
Credit goes to Dundee for not using it as an excuse, but it’s crazy to hear the reason that the game couldn’t be stopped was because he didn’t come into contact with the ball at all even though he clearly prevented the Dundee player from getting to it.
The rulemakers need to start applying common sense in these instances because even though they’re super rare something like that could have a huge effect on things in the future if they aren’t rectified now.
Had the referee blown the whistle to stop the game and given them possession or a drop ball to contest possession then nobody would have batted an eyelid and it would be forgotten about already. Instead, it’s the story of the day.
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