St Johnstone are assembly the Scottish FA on Monday afternoon searching for a proof for the award of Rangers’ first aim in Saturday’s Premier Cup defeat at Hampden.
The Perth membership are sad Cyriel Dessers’ 61st-minute effort was allowed to face, with referee Matthew MacDermid initially signalling for a foul in opposition to the striker then reversing his resolution following a VAR intervention.
St Johnstone thought play had been halted, however the SFA later launched steerage saying McDermid had blown his whistle after Dessers had put the ball within the internet.
The last-16 tie ended 2-0, with Ross McCausland including a second aim in added time.
St Johnstone are in search of clarification and affirmation from the governing physique that the proper protocol was carried out.
“Everyone stopped due to one or two issues,” mentioned Saints supervisor Craig Levein after the sport. “Both they’ve stopped as a result of they heard the whistle or they’ve seen the referee giving us a free-kick.
“I believe the referee’s made a mistake. And I’d love him to come back out afterwards and simply say, ‘look I’ve acquired that one flawed’.”
