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Philippe Clement last night hit out at the state of Dundee’s pitch after Rangers’ Scottish Premiership match against the Dark Blues was postponed an hour and a half before the noon kick-off.

Heavy overnight rain on Tayside prompted an initial 9.15am pitch inspection by local referee Craig Fordyce. 

This was followed by a further inspection by match referee Don Robertson at 10.15am, with the surface then deemed unplayable due to one waterlogged area on half-way and another in a penalty box.

Rangers boss Clement said Robertson had made the right call but blasted Dundee over their pitch.

Rangers boss Philippe Clement to criticised the state of Dundee's pitch after a postponement

 Rangers boss Philippe Clement to criticised the state of Dundee’s pitch after a postponement 

The Scottish Premiership match was postponed an hour and half before the noon kick-off

The Scottish Premiership match was postponed an hour and half before the noon kick-off

The Rangers boss was far from happy with Dundee after the match was postponed

The Rangers boss was far from happy with Dundee after the match was postponed

‘It’s a really strange thing,’ he said. ‘This will be the only pitch in all the leagues in Scotland where a game was postponed. That tells me that it has nothing to do with the weather. 

‘It rained all over Scotland and there were pitches in the lower leagues where they could play football. There, the ball was bouncing. But here, the ball was not bouncing. So clearly there is something wrong.

‘Also, there were spots on the pitch where they put lots of sand and there was no stability for the players. It is really dangerous for injuries.’

Dundee managing director John Nelms defended his club, saying: ‘We just ran out of time. If we had a 3pm match, the pitch would probably be playable. 

‘No one’s to blame. We’re doing our best. We put in new drains recently. We’ve done all of those sort of things.’

Heavy overnight rain led to inspections by match referees, with the pitch deemed unplayable

Heavy overnight rain led to inspections by match referees, with the pitch deemed unplayable

Clement suggested the postponement was unusual compared to other pitches across Scotland

Clement suggested the postponement was unusual compared to other pitches across Scotland

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