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Michael Stewart erupts at bizarre Rangers finale as 'strange' ending gets Critchley, Gordon and Hearts bench raging
Michael Stewart said Matthew MacDermid was 'clear as mud' during the bizarre ending to Rangers' 1-0 win over Hearts. And Jambos boss Neil Critchley also hit out at the official for not playing enough stoppage time during the freakish finale at Ibrox.
Hearts were chasing an equaliser at the death in Govan with keeper Craig Gordon up for a free-kick before MacDermid blew the whistle. There were appeals for a foul from the Hearts bench who initially thought they had been awarded a free-kick on the edge of the Gers box. But keeper Gordon was then incensed when ref McDermid, after pausing play to indicate he was listening to his officiating team on his headset, blew for full-time.
There was confusion over what was happening with Hearts appealing for handball, and pundit Stewart, on co-commentary for Premier Sports, let rip live on air. He said: “What is he doing? I don’t think anybody knows. To be honest, I think Dowell’s arm is down near his body, but the referee has been as clear as mud in terms of what was actually going on there.
“If it was full-time, why did he wait at least a minute or so in talking to the players, about something that was immaterial because the game was over. Blow your whistle.”
And speaking after the game, an irked Critchley said: “I’ve not seen it back yet and I don't know if it was in the box or not in the box. But I think the time, three minutes, I thought it should have been longer than that.
“We had seven minutes at St Johnstone last week and I don't remember the physios coming on or anything. Three minutes - I don't know where that's come from. It should have been longer. The players gave everything. They went right to the end.
“We were nearly there. Nearly something dropped for us. We just needed that little bit of… sometimes you need a little bit of luck as well. We've probably not had that in the last couple of games.”
Critchley also insisted he doesn’t want Hearts to become a “nearly team” as he claimed his side deserved more from Ibrox. It’s back-to-back defeats now for the Tynecastle boss who bemoaned missed chances in Thursday’s Europa League defeat to Heidenheim.
And again Critchley was left cursing his side’s wastefulness. Kenneth Vargas missed two huge opportunities either side of half time and the Jambos remain second bottom with just nine points from 13 games.
Critchley said: “We had a big chance right after half-time and I felt that if we'd have taken that with the feeling around the ground, maybe the game would have swung even more in our favour.
“I think in the second half we've controlled the game, pushed Rangers back and we've had nearly moments. But I don't want us to be a nearly team.
“People keep saying, oh, good performance, but I don't want that feeling. Good performance is about getting points and winning games and we should have got something from that game today. We failed in the last moment and that's what let us down on Thursday night and that's what's cost us picking up at least a point today. I thought our mentality wore them down but our quality let us down.”
