Fuming St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson insisted Marcus Fraser should never have been shown a red card against Dundee United.
The Buddies defender was originally shown a yellow by referee Matthew MacDermid. after he tangled with Louis Moult for the home side’s second penalty but he was given his marching orders following an intervention by Don Robertson in the VAR room. Kevin Holt missed the resulting penalty but Robinson was still raging over the decision to send off Fraser.
United’s goalie Jack Walton also escaped a sending off for chopping down Toyosi Olusanya during a controversial afternoon at Tannadice. Irked Robinson said: “Sometimes things just don’t go your way and the game changed on the penalty decision. We had VAR reviews which didn’t go our way and they got one in the second half which did go their way.
“I can’t make a call on it for the first one from the angle I’ve seen. For the second one, if we’re sending people off for that…I didn’t think it looked a penalty.
“If that’s a red card the game is….you make your own mind up. I don’t think Dundee United thought it was a penalty either. It was saved so it didn’t make us lose the game.
“I can only concern myself with the things we can control. We can control our last pass or final decision better, though. That’s the only thing I’m worried about and will be working on. We have played a lot worse than that and have picked up points.”
Robinson paid tribute to the United defence adding: “We only had one shot on target, which is a disappointment, but I have to credit Dundee United because they defended their box really well. Their centre halves were outstanding in terms of dealing with the balls we put into the area.
“When you win, everything isn’t brilliant and when you lose everything isn’t rubbish – despite that being the world we live in at the moment. As I said, we have played worse and got points this season.”