Steven Naismith doubles down on Rangers penalty gripe as Hearts boss names unseen John Lundstram role in VAR check

Steven Naismith says Hearts paid the price after VAR failed to hit rewind on Rangers’ crucial second spot-kick.

James Tavernier rammed the Ibrox side level in the 90th-minute before delivering the stoppage-time winner for Danilo at Ibrox. But Gorgie boss Naismith insists the Gers captain should never have got his chance to launch the Light Blues comeback attempt.

It came when John Beaton decided to point to the spot for the second time after being instructed to head to the screen for a look at Peter Haring’s tug on Connor Goldson. But the Hearts gaffer insists it was Haring who was fouled first by Goldson’s team-mate John Lundstram - and claims the ref was not provided with a clip long enough to show it happening by the telly officials. He said: "It's really disappointing. We're sitting here having not taken anything from the game. We played really well, we understood how the game could play out. It went the way we expected.

“Second half we knew they would take more risks. We knew we would have defend well and be resolute to frustrate them. We did that - and then the game hinges on the penalty, for me.

“I don't think it's a penalty. The full game, every corner there was blocking going on where Rangers players who were not even interested in the ball.

“All they were doing was looking at our man, blocking our players to stop them losing their runner. Lo and behold, there's a clear block on our man. John Lundstram is not interested in the ball, all he is doing is looking at our player, and he blocks him, and it gets given by VAR as a penalty.

“The referee said that he was never shown any video footage of any block happening. There's contact with our player as the ball is coming in by a Rangers player who is not interested in the