Rangers boss Mark Warburton rages at referee after defeat at Falkirk

Mark Warburton gave a scathing assessment of referee Willie Collum's performance as Rangers suffered defeat to Falkirk.

Official Collum, who has been named as one of the referees for Euro 2016, awarded two controversial penalties, one for either side, that Warburton did not agree with.

Falkirk were awarded theirs inside the first two minutes of a 2-1 win at the Falkirk Stadium, despite Danny Wilson appearing to foul Will Vaulks outside the area, with John Baird converting for 1-0.

Gers then blew the chance to snatch a point when Danny Rogers pushed Martyn Waghorn's injury-time spot-kick onto the post, but Warburton did not agree with that one either.

And he said: "I don't want to come across as a sore loser, but there are some shocking decisions there.

"The penalty changed the game, giving our opponent something to hang on to. The one question from me is, why isn't Danny Wilson sent-off? If it's a penalty and a goal-scoring opportunity, then why wasn't he sent off?

"I think everyone inside the stadium saw the incident happened two or three yards outside the box. If you are going to make that decision less than three minutes into a game, of that importance, then you must get it right, be absolutely positive about what you do.

"I don't think, very politely, it was anywhere near a penalty. I haven't had the luxury of seeing our penalty again, but at the time I didn't believe it was a penalty incident either."

Gers are still top of the table but only on goal difference after Dominic Malonga's last-gasp winner for Hibs over Queen of the South.

Warburton now faces Alan Stubbs' men in a crucial top-of-the-table duel at Ibrox a-week-on-Monday and the former Brentford boss said: "I know the negativity will come. We'll feed off of that."