‘Cracking under the pressure’ ‘He’s losing it’ ‘The mask is slipping’ Clement slams referee as his side flop to defeat

After losing his 100% domestic record at Ibrox Philippe Clement has hit out at Scottish referees.

It is becoming a recurring theme for the former Monaco boss who blamed a hamstring injury for Todd Cantwell on a lack of protection from officials.

During the defeat from Motherwell Ross McCausland pulled out of a 50-50 challenge with Dan Casey then tried to follow through on the Motherwell defender.

No free kick was given but it was the last action that the winger saw as he hobbled off to be replaced by Fabio Silva.

Casey later scored the winning goal from an unmarked back-post header with James Tavernier up the park looking for a winning goal.

? “We have now already several players kicked off the pitch this season. I think they need to be protected in a better way.”

Philippe Clement’s calling for better protection of his players after Ross McCausland was injured in their defeat to Motherwell?https://t.co/oPrXyqCgR1

— Clyde 1 Superscoreboard (@ClydeSSB) March 2, 2024

He had too much intensity in that tackle and caught him. We got a few red cards this season already with less intensity but it wasn’t even a foul or yellow card. That is very disappointing. It is also disappointing to have to make changes in the first half. For him and for the team.

These kind tackles are just too dangerous for the game and you lose good players. It’s also a task for referees to protect the game and players because this is too dangerous

Ross we will need to see tomorrow. It’s serious because he had to come off. He could not walk anymore. So there is really, really hard contact. He doesn’t come off in the first half for nothing. So it is really clear it was a serious foul.

Clement does include John Lundstram in virtually every match, as a bonus for the Ibrox boss yesterday Kemar Roofe replaced Cyriel Dessers after Motherwell’s second goal and came through 23 minutes unscathed.

He’s losing it, he knows their bottle has completely crashed, first blip and he’s playing the victim card ??

— Paulie??????? (@Paulie8Trebles) March 2, 2024

The dogs bark and the caravan keeps moving.

— Viva La Quinta Abada (@Che_Ntcham) March 2, 2024

Mcausland shat it tried to leave a foot in and got injured. The Motherwell player won the ball. Coco?

— Hoopster88? (@hoopster_88) March 2, 2024

So he wants his team to be “fighters” but also wants opposition teams to not tackle his “fighters”, ok then pic.twitter.com/jTRgOstzkB

— Tim Malloy (@TimMalloy1967) March 2, 2024

Says the guy with lundstram in his team ?

— fitzy (@fitzymabhoy) March 2, 2024

Hes cracking under the pressure Brendan is putting on him. He’ll be gone before the seasons over?

— barryBDS (@barry326672) March 2, 2024

Boy got injured because he shat himself, m/well player won the ball. The mask is slipping. ?

— John Campbell (@Campbell946John) March 2, 2024

Panic setting in. Grasping at straws. pic.twitter.com/I8mF2MuSyJ

— Tina McDaid (@TinaMcDaid6) March 2, 2024

His own fault he left his leg in to hurt the opponent and ended up hurting himself. Toblerone head deserves all he got hope it’s nothing simple.

— Danny (@DannyTipster) March 3, 2024