Chris Sutton and Kris Boyd disagree over key Rangers moment against St Mirren

Rangers icons Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton have once again found themselves on opposite sides of a debate following an incident during the Light Blues’ clash with St Mirren.

The pair, who work as pundits for Sky Sports, are no strangers to disagreeing, particularly when discussions involve Rangers or their fierce rivals Celtic.

Both were involved in the post-match coverage after Derek McInnes’ team travelled to Paisley on Saturday evening to face St Mirren.

Rangers came away with a 2-0 victory, thanks to a Ryan Naderi penalty and a second-half strike from Dan Neil. However, the result was accompanied by plenty of discussion surrounding the decision to award the visitors an early spot-kick.

Boyd and Sutton offered contrasting assessments of the incident, making it one of the main talking points after the final whistle.

Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton disagree over Rangers penalty decision

The controversial moment happened in the 16th minute at the Marbill Coaches Stadium when James Penrice went to ground inside the St Mirren penalty area following a challenge from Samuel Ramos.

Referee Nick Walsh was close to the action and wasted little time pointing to the penalty spot.

However, subsequent replays raised questions about the decision, with the contact from Ramos appearing relatively slight. Penrice also appeared to go down somewhat easily.

Nevertheless, there was some contact as the Rangers defender moved away from goal, leaving room for different interpretations of the incident.

Discussing the decision during Sky Sports’ post-match coverage, Boyd backed the referee’s call, but Sutton was far less convinced.

The former Celtic striker questioned whether Penrice himself believed he had been fouled.

“He (Penrice) sounded pretty guilty there. I’m not so sure he was convinced it was a penalty,” Sutton said.