Philippe Clement lambasted the call to penalise John Souttar and his ire will be further heightened by decisions elsewhere.
Raging Rangers' anger over Benfica's penalty was heightened after West Ham were denied a stonewaller to further muddy UEFA's interpretation of handball.
IFAB rules state the ball hitting a body part first then the arm shouldn't result in a penalty, however, UEFA competitions have operated a militant approach to handball in recent years. But the duelling decisions involving Rangers and the Hammers wasn't lost on Rory Smith who raised the frustration over differing interpretations. Smith – speaking on the TNT Sports highlights show – said: "It's quite confusing why this one was given and the one in the West Ham wasn't.
And the broadcaster's shock was compounded by the decision not to award West Ham a spot kick away to Freiburg over a handball observers believe was more egregious than Souttar's. Smith added: "I agree with David Moyes, the rule in Europe seems to be if the ball touches the hand, in any way, it's a penalty. They have this, almost, zero tolerance policy on people having arms. I don't know what could have been done which negates that rule.
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