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Clement on cup 'hurt', Collum honesty & moving on from final

Rangers manager Philippe Clement has been speaking to the media before the Premiership match at home to Dundee on Saturday.

Here are the key points:

  • Clement conceded that in the aftermath of Sunday's League Cup final defeat it "hurt really a lot for everybody in the club" because they felt "the rules of the game are not followed" and that this one was not a grey area decision.

  • The Belgian welcomed the transparency shown by Scottish FA referees chief Willie Collum, who has admitted it was "unacceptable" that Rangers were not awarded a penalty for Liam Scales' foul on Vaclav Cerny.

  • "We appreciate the honesty for sure," Clement said. "It doesn't help in the end but everybody in the club hopes he [Collum] is not alone in his fight to gets standards better."

  • Clement said it was a pity all the focus has been on the penalty controversy given the intensity of the final with two good teams playing a good game and that he wants improvements for all of Scottish football, not just Rangers.

  • He urged his players to look forward and "stop thinking about it" with an important three points available against Dundee, adding "you see a really big evolution the last couple of months".

  • Oscar Cortes is available but will not start. There are no new injury worries and although there had been a flu bug around the building, Clement doesn't expect that to have an impact on selection.