Rangers were on the receiving end of a dubious penalty decision last night during their first-leg Europa League clash against Benfica. 

The Ibrox club led twice in the last-16 tie through Tom Lawrence and Dujon Sterling. 

But the hosts pegged Philippe Clement's team back on both occasions, firstly through Angel Di Maria and the second from a Connor Goldson own goal.

Di Maria's spot kick came in controversial fashion, though. 

A penalty was awarded after an on-field VAR review to penalise John Souttar for handball inside the area. 

Tobias Stieler did not originally give the penalty, however, after being advised to check the pitchside monitor, he changed his decision. 

As Souttar looked to clear a corner, the ball came off his head and onto his arm before Jack Butland saved. 

The referee eventually awarded the spot kick, much to the dismay of Clement and his players. Now, the pundits have had their say on the matter too, with Ally McCoist and Kenny Miller united in their views.

McCoist said on TNT Sport: "I can understand why he's given it, but it's very, very harsh. And it's not the first I've seen after the last couple of weeks." 

While Miller didn't hold back on BBC Sportsound. He said: "He clearly heads it off his arm. His arm and his head are less than a foot apart. I wonder if they think it's hit his hand first, his head, and then back to his arm - that's the only way I can understand it.

"His hand comes close to the ball as it's passing, but it's not conclusive. For me, there is no way in this world they can definitively say that the ball hit - and it must be the very tops of his fingers - before it hit his head. There is no way they can see that. I'm in absolutely no doubt, it's as clear as day, that he heads it onto his arm.

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"There was a penalty in the last minute of Freiburg vs West Ham, the last kick of the ball. Tomas Soucek goes to kick it over his head back towards goal and it strikes the Freiburg player on his arm. His hand is above his head. I'm thinking it's a stonewall penalty. Clearly hits his arm. The ref gets called to the monitor, and it must be to see if the Freiburg player has touched it onto his own arm.

"If it's not given when Soucek's done it - which would be crazy because it's a stonewall penalty - if it's not given there, how can it go against Souttar? This is the inconsistency people aren't happy with."