Livingston Boss David Martindale on Rangers Defeat, VAR, Malky Mackay’s Sacking, St Johnstone Approach, and Top Six Chances

What did you make of Livingston’s performance in the defeat against Rangers?

“I don’t think we offered much in an attacking threat in the first half, even the second, but in the first, it was kind of overtaken with VAR I felt, it was erratic and chaotic. We got for me, a penalty against us that was never a penalty, the second one was a stonewaller but the first wasn’t. 

“You’re looking at two goals that were disallowed and I think they were rightly disallowed, but still at that point it gets played through, it’s taking VAR two or three minutes to make these decisions, so for two or three minutes we’re on edge and we feel as though we’ve lost a goal and then it gets overturned then bang - you were into the next VAR decision, then you were into the penalty and obviously you’ve lost a goal between that. 

“So, I don’t think we were good enough in offensive areas, but we managed to stay in the game but after watching the game back, the first half wasn’t as bad as it felt on the side of the dugout.