Butcher praises referee despite penalty decisions

Terry Butcher took his side’s 2-1 defeat to Rangers on the chin despite seeing two good penalty decisions waved away by referee Bobby Madden.

A handball from Nikita Jelavic went unpunished by Madden who also missed a second half incident when Kyle Bartley appeared to pull Billy McKay with the game still goal-less.

Butcher’s after match rants have become legendary since taking over at Inverness but after today’s match he claimed that the officials had had an excellent game despite denying his side two penalties.

“We don’t get penalties – 20 games this season and not one penalty,” the Caley Thistle boss said. “It is an unwritten SPL rule. It is part of the constitution that Inverness don’t get penalties. That’s a joke.

“I thought they were legitimate but the referee didn’t think so. I thought Bobby Madden and the officials had an excellent game.

“The game could have gone either way and Rangers were hanging on and wasting a bit of time at the end which says we were doing pretty well.”

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