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Josh McCafferty

Nicolas Raskin reveals honest half-time reaction to Rangers' 'no goal' vs Hibs

Nicolas Raskin was surprised that his first-half effort for Rangers against Hibernian on Saturday wasn't given as a goal. 

The sides eventually drew 2-2, and while Raskin got on the scoresheet in the second 45, he thought he netted in the first half. 

He poked the ball beyond Hibs goalkeeper Jordan Smith, although, in the eyes of referee Nick Walsh and the farside linesman, Rocky Bushiri cleared it before it crossed the line. 


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Raskin, however, reckons his effort was enough to put his team 2-0 up:  "I thought it was a goal, to be honest," he told Rangers TV.

"Then I was doubting, but then I went to see the images at half-time and I was like 'Wow, it's clearly a goal'. Again, strange decision, but we had another 90 minutes to score a goal, so it's not because of that we didn't win. 

"It was that kind of end-of-season game."

Rangers immediately responded to the incident after the match.  

A spokesperson said: "Incidents like this again bring into question the effectiveness of VAR and also highlight the need to introduce goal-line technology in Scottish football.

"Our supporters, players and staff deserve better. We will raise this with the Scottish FA and continue to press for initiatives which improve the accuracy of decision-making."

For Raskin himself, his goal that stood was his third in his last five appearances: "I'm just happy to score goals and add some decisive action to my game," he said. 

"It's been a good spell for me the last couple of games, so I just enjoy. 

"I've not really been working on it [headers]. 

"Because I'm one of the smallest, the other boys aren't expecting me to go, or maybe they think I'm not good enough. 

"The deliveries have been so good from Tav [James Tavernier] and Vash [Vaclav Cerny], so it's just a tap-in."

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