Hearing date set as Rangers appeal Mohamed Diomande red card
Rangers have appealed the red card shown to Mohamed Diomande in their 3-1 win over Dundee United.
The midfielder was sent off after a clash with Kevin Holt at Tannadice.
Diomande was pushed by his opponent and raised his arm as he moved backwards.
Referee Nick Walsh quickly branded a red card - much to the disbelief of the Light Blues players and Philippe Clement.
VAR Don Robertson summoned Nick Walsh to the screen but he chose not to overturn his initial decision.
Gers boss Clement said after the match they would appeal the call with a hearing date now set for Tuesday.
He said: "I totally don't understand the red card. I think the VAR also didn't understand the red card, otherwise they don't ask the referee to go to watch the screen.
"Dio gets pushed away, so there's violent contact towards him in the push, and he falls back, and he has a small reaction with his hands, not touching anybody.
"So if you see that back, I think it's clear. The maximum is a yellow card for the two players.
"I see so many things happening in Scottish football every week. If this is a red card, then every game there should be three, four red cards.
"So the only thing we can do now is to appeal this, because I don't understand that you can go to the screen and then stick to your opinion of the red card, but it happened.
"No, I didn't speak to the referee , because I know how these things go.
"He's in the emotions, I'm in the emotions, so that's not a good moment.
"It's a good thing we have the open communication with the referee department, and we're going to appeal that, and then we're going to see what they think about it, and also to ask what the VAR said."
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