Michael Duffy insists Rangers goal hero Harry Forrester should have been sent off at Dens Park

The Gers midfielder opened the scoring for Mark Warburton’s side early on before a Kenny Miller strike put the visitors in control on Tayside.

A Mark O’Hara header just before the break gave Dundee hope of snatching a draw but it was Rangers who moved on to four points in the Premiership standings.

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Forrester picked up a booking for a foul on Darren O’Dea and then attracted the ire of the home crowd with challenges on Cammy Kerr and Duffy before boss Warburton withdrew him from the action.

And the on-loan Celtic forward reckons Forrester should have been heading back to the dressing room for an early bath as he escaped further punishment from referee Craig Thomson.

Duffy said: “I thought Harry Forrester should have been off the park.

“He should have been off even before his challenge on me because he had one on Cammy Kerr.

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“I thought he could have gone for Cammy’s one and he was late on me so I don’t know how he managed to stay on the pitch after that one.

“The referee didn’t say anything to me but if he’d sent him off then it would have changed the game.

“But what can you do? Sometimes it’s hard to make decisions on big days like that but he should definitely have been sent off.

“We were starting to come back into the game at that point with a few chances and they were starting to get a big sloppy.

“It would definitely have helped us but the decision didn’t go our way. His studs caught my ankle and it was undoubtedly a booking.

“I was running forward, hit the ball away and got caught high on the ankle. It was definitely a yellow.”