Barry Ferguson has revealed he is stunned over complaints after Nathan Moraih-Welsh's red card against Rangers.

The midfielder was shown a straight red card by referee Steven McLean for a challenge on John Lundstram after 70 minutes.

No VAR review was ordered after the red card call with Hibs reduced to nine men having already had Jordan Obita sent off for a second yellow.

For Ferguson, there could be no complaints over the red card as he warned it could have been serious had Moriah-Welsh had connected with his tackle.

Speaking on Go Radio's Football Show, Ferguson said: "It is a crazy challenge. It is a red card all day. The good thing about it is he never connected with Lundstram.

"If he did it could have been a season-ending injury. For me, all day a red card.

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"It was a rush of blood and I could see it when the ball broke and Lundstram took a heavy touch.

"There is no need to dive in like that with your two feet. Definitely a red card in my eyes.

"He's just lucky he never connected. I don't see why anybody can have any arguments that it wasn't a red card.

"It was reckless and the boy knew himself. I know he was putting his hands up and saying 'oh I didn't touch him' - but he knew himself that it was a red card all day."

Hibs boss Nick Montgomery had said of the red card for Moriah-Welsh: "I’ve got a lot of respect for John Lundstram. He’s a top, top player. But I thought the way he went down...

"Nathan didn’t catch him. I’ve seen that one back and he’s gone across him to try to block him playing a ball down the line, probably knock it out for a throw-in. But John has gone down. And the referee was very quick to give the card.

"To be honest, I was really surprised he didn’t go to the VAR monitor to have a look, considering it was three metres from where the incident happened. There’s just sometimes a bit of inconsistency, looking at decisions."