Ryan Edwards has given an honest assessment of his challenge on Alfredo Morelos, which forced the Colombian off the pitch with a nasty gash on his thigh.
The Dundee United defender took the ball before following through on the striker and he insists he did not go out to cause harm with his tackle.
Edwards wasn't given a card for the challenge and earlier this week Ibrox manager Steven Gerrard was charged by the SFA for his comments regarding the incident post match.
Speaking this morning, Edwards explained: "I see myself as an aggressive player, being a defender as well. I have not gone in to hurt the lad.
"I have gone in strongly to win the ball because that is my job to do. I didn't think it was bad at the time. Somebody said he had a nasty gash in his leg that I wasn't aware of at the time.
"I just wasn't happy with their players surrounding the referee. That was my only reaction because I don't like people trying to get others sent off.
"Luckily enough, it is good to see him okay and scoring goals again. I was made aware of some screenshots of his leg.
"I never have and never will go out to try and hurt somebody deliberately. Unfortunately, he went off in pain from the challenge.
"I went to take the ball and I have taken the ball.
"There might have been a follow-through naturally, as your body does, but I didn't see anything wrong and, in my opinion, it was never worthy of a red card.
"In Scotland, it is more highlighted, with the games being televised and more publicity.
"In England, the lower leagues are overshadowed by the Premier League and the Championship."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel