Hearts boss furious with Calum Murray
In the week that saw Neil Lennon pick up a two match ban for criticising Willie Collum’s display in the League Cup Final against Kilmarnock the Tynecastle chief slaughtered Murray’s handling of his side’s defeat from Rangers.
Murray, who banned Lennon from the dug-out for the second half of Celtic’s defeat at Ibrox last month, was at the centre of a number of controversies as Rangers ran out 3-0 winners.
Sergio fumed: “I don’t want to criticise or find excuses for our defeat but there were moments in the lead up to the first two Rangers goals when Calum was not at his top level.
“Murray is a top-level referee, one of the best in the country, but I cannot agree with those decisions.
“It was a soft foul that led to the free-kick Sone Aluko scored and Andrew Driver had been elbowed in the face before that.
“And at the second goal there was contact on our keeper by a Rangers player in the six-yard box.”
Sergio added sarcastically: “I repeat, Calum is one of our best but I can’t be happy with that kind of performance.
“We all make mistakes but those changed the game. Rangers had done nothing to be leading 2-0.
“There is nothing to complain about with the performance of my players. They worked hard but I was disappointed with the result.”
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