Kenny Dalglish has defended Steven Gerrard after the Rangers boss was cited by the SFA for his comments on Alfredo Morelos.
The Ibrox manager questioned Ryan Edward's challenge on the Colombian during the win over Dundee United, suggesting the defender would have received a harsher punishment if the 'shoe was on the other foot'.
Gerrard subsequently received a notice of complaint for his remarks to which Rangers reacted furiously to the decision.
And former Celtic and Liverpool legend Dalglish has backed Gerrard, criticising the way the SFA has handled the matter.
He told the Sunday Post: "They are questioning Gerrard as a person and, rather than him maligning match officials, he, appears to me, to be the victim of unfair criticism.
"If I were in his shoes, I’d defend myself vigorously and would be giving my lawyer a ring as well. The SFA have reached for the rule-book but I’d be checking the law books and, in particular, the legality of being publicly accused unfairly.
"Regardless of the outcome of the hearing at Hampden, I would not let this rest. My view would be that the SFA should be held accountable for the way they have handled this situation.
"I’m all for the SFA defending and protecting their match officials. They are absolutely right to do so and I’d back them on that 100 per cent. But it has got this one badly wrong.
"A manager knows when he has stepped over the line with comments. I’ve been there myself, and you wake up the next morning expecting the authorities to come down on you like a ton of bricks.
"But not for one minute do I think Steven would have gone to bed that Saturday night, concerned with what he said about the Morelos incident.
"He would have watched the incident back before he made the comments, and then decided that there was merit in what he had to say. Remember, all he did was pose a question."
