Furious Derek McInnes opens fire on 'outrageous' ref and his OWN Kilmarnock player in raging post match address
dailyrecord.co.ukFurious Killie boss Derek McInnes blasted whistler Matt MacDermid over his “outrageous” failure to send off Saints sinner Shaun Rooney.The Rugby Park gaffer was left fuming at half-time as his team trudged down the tunnel trailing 2-1 and down to 10-men after defender Joe Wright allowed himself to get embroiled with the Paisley side’s chief wind-up merchant.
VAR stepped as Wright was handed the Ayrshire outfit’s fourth red card of the season already for an off-the-ball bust-up with Rooney.
But McInnes was stunned when both MacDermid and telly official Andrew Dallas failed to take action after the Paisley wing-back appeared to kick-out at grounded Killie skipper Kyle Vassell midway through the first half.Kilmarnock put on a brave show of resilience after the break, snatching a deserved point as Jonah Ayunga’s OG put the visitors level at the SMISA stadium.
But McInnes - who had seen his side fall behind when Saints netted either side of Marley Watkins’ equaliser with goals from Toyosi Olusanya and Mark O’Hara - was left raging at the failure to send off Rooney.He said: “We finished the first half strongly but there’s moment of madness when Joe gets himself sent off.
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