The Scottish Football Association are set to launch an investigation into an incident that saw Rangers Women assistant manager Craig McPherson appear to headbutt Celtic Women manager Fran Alonso on Monday evening.
The third Old Firm of the season saw Celtic’s Caitlin Hayes score a 99th-minute equaliser to cancel out Brogan Hay’s 36th-minute opener and salvage a 1-1 draw for her side.
However, there were unpleasant scenes at the full-time whistle when McPherson charged at Alonso and allegedly aimed a headbutt toward the 47-year-old.
Alonso also alleges that the 52-year-old called him a rat as members of both teams separated the pair.
Asked about the incident, Alonso told Sky: “I don’t know. You can see there, somebody pushed me from behind.
“I never talked to (McPherson) the whole game.
“It’s obviously disappointing to concede a goal in the last minute, I totally get it. But I don’t know.
“I was called a ‘little rat’, I don’t know why.”
Rangers Women manager Malky Thomson said that he had not seen the incident and therefore declined to comment on it.
He said: “Without me seeing it at all I don’t know that I can comment on it.
“If that’s the case, then there will be an investigation and we’ll obviously look at it.”
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