CHRIS DAVIES admitted he was ‘surprised’ after hearing Ibrox goalkeeper Allan McGregor would face no retrospective punishment for lashing out at Kristoffer Ajer.
Allan McGregor won't face any action after his kick out at Celtic's Kristoffer Ajer on Sunday.
Ibrox manager Steven Gerrard described the act as "blatant".
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The Norweigan was down on the ground when McGregor took a clear opportunity to lay the bott into the defender leaving him in a lot of pain at the time.
Davies is a huge proponent of the physical side of the game and would never like to see it diminish but admitted this wasn’t controlled aggression or the act of a sensible individual.
The Celtic assistant manager also said it was discussed at length by the bhoys after their 1-0 win at Celtic Park.
“You could see what the goalkeeper did – it was quite obvious,” Davies told the Express.
“I was surprised. It was discussed a lot afterwards. Everybody said quite clearly what they thought about the incident.
Generally, the aggression, physicality and intensity of the British game – and Scotland in particular – is one of its greatest assets. But this incident wasn’t natural aggression or competing in that way. This was something isolated and different to that.
Celtic were repeatedly goaded by a lacklustre Ibrox side with very little protection from the referee.
It was quite ironic how their manager Steven Gerrard blamed the referee for a perfectly legitimate goal taking place when Collum’s howlers enabled his side to stay in the game as long as they did.
