Rangers penalty should never have been awarded, says Motherwell's Lukas Fadinger

The Fir Park midfielder on their first defeat of the season18:48, 05 Sep 2026Lukas Fadinger insists Rangers should never have been given a penalty in Motherwell's narrow defeat at Ibrox.‌The Fir Park midfielder was disappointed in his side's showing in Govan as they went down 1-0, courtesy of Ryan Naderi pouncing on Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen's early error to net after 12 minutes.‌It might have been a more handsome scoreline for the hosts had Kim Minsu not blasted a penalty well wide of the target on the half hour mark.‌But Fadinger felt referee Duncan Nicolson got the penalty decision the wrong way round after he determined Tom Sparrow impeded Djeidi Gassama as they both went for the ball in the air just inside the box.Fadinger told Lanarkshire Live Sport: "We just watched it back