No harm in Power kick on pal Ryan
FROM BACK PAGE challenge on the Rangers midfielder during the weekend Scottish Cup clash.
Referee Alan Muir dished out a yellow card but Jack’s teammate Andy Halliday was adamant it was a straight red offence and Rangers boss Steven Gerrard stated after the game he will be “interested to see if there is a citing” from SFA compliance officer Clare Whyte.
But Arfield said: “I think he (Power) goes for the ball, to be fair to him. I think he catches Jacko and gets a yellow card.
“I don’t think he tries to take Jacko’s face off.
“It’s just an incident where Jacko is brave and puts his head there for the club and the team. It’s one of those things.”
Killie defender Kirk Broadfoot refused to condemn Jermain Defoe after the Rangers striker’s second-half tumble in the box.
Broadfoot said: “On the pitch Defoe said to me he’d told the ref it wasn’t a penalty.
“He’s taken a wee dive and flicked his leg out but to be fair to him he said it wasn’t a penalty.”
Scottish football is being buried under a blizzard of controversies with the SFA retrospective system and the performance of whistlers coming under fire.
But Arfield said: “We can’t affect it. It’s like a decision a referee makes on a Saturday. You can’t change it.
“If you’re missing games for people making decisions then you are never going to change that decision. You just need to get on with it.”
SCOTT ARFIELD last night insisted there was no malice in Alan Power’s kicking of Ryan Jack’s head.
The Kilmarnock midfielder could face further punishment from the SFA after his high