A former Premier League referee admits he is struggling to understand why Livingston's Cammy Kerr was not sent off for his challenge on Rangers' Mikey Moore.
With the Ibrox side searching for a late winner in West Lothian, the winger looked set to burst into the box and go one-on-one with Jerome Prior, until the full-back's intervention.
There were claims for a penatly at the time, but footage later appeared to show the trip happened outside the box. However, there has been debate over whether Kerr should have seen red for denying a goalscoring opportunity.
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Ex-whistler Keith Hackett says he should have and branded the decision not to a "mystery." The only potential explanation he could come up with was that VAR officials were too concentrated on assessing the penalty claim that they glossed over the potential for a red.
He told Football Insider: "Difficult to understand why a red card wasn't issued here for the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. The player was just about to get his shot away when he was fouled. The covering defenders would not have been able to put in a challenge in my opinion.
"So why VAR and the referee didn't sort this out is a bit of a mystery. I suggest that they may have been looking more at the position of the foul to determine if it had taken place on the line and a penalty kick should be awarded, rather than looking at the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, because that's what it was."
🤬 "𝐑𝐄𝐃 card, this is clear DOGSO." - Ex-PL ref @HACKETTREF in disbelief at missed red card for foul on Mikey Moore in Livingston-Rangers clash. pic.twitter.com/z1ThajySdQ
— Football Insider (@footyinsider247) February 22, 2026
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