Philippe Clement has questioned the "bizarre" handball decision leading to a penalty awarded to Kilmarnock at Ibrox.

The Rangers manager questioned the basis for a handball call as he cited the penalty controversy over a denied penalty against Celtic on December 30.

Kilmarnock were awarded a spot-kick after a cross deflected off John Souttar's hand as he slid to try and block the cross - whereas Alistair Johnston appeared to knock the ball out of play with his hand in the derby last week as he closed down Abdallah Sima in the box.

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Danny Armstrong dispatched the penalty to net a consolation for Kilmarnock in a 3-1 loss.

Clement bemoaned the situation as he admitted: “The only downside for me is that I cannot explain to my players anymore what is handball and what is not after this game if we get a penalty against like this and a goal against like this three days after what happened at Celtic Park. 

"I can’t give them an explanation and that’s different as a manager when you cannot give an explanation."

And Clement called for further clarity on handball decisions moving forward. He told Rangers TV:  "It's not easy. Afterwards, we can laugh and it’s not a big difference, it's 3-0 or 3-1.

"Just for the future, it needs to be clear for everybody what is handball and what is not handball and these two situations it's a little bit bizarre."