Rangers boss Graeme Murty 'regretful' over Andy Halliday substitution

Rangers boss Graeme Murty has revealed that he has regrets over substituting Andy Halliday before half time of the Scottish Cup semi-final with Celtic.

Halliday reacted angrily to being hauled off before the break, and Rangers went on to suffer a 4-0 defeat to their fierce rivals at Hampden Park.

Murty has insisted that he made the correct decision, but acknowledged that he had put Halliday in a "horrible" situation as a result of wanting to make a tactical alteration.

The 43-year-old is quoted by The Scotsman as saying: "On a personal level, no-one likes to come off at that time and the impact of that has been hard. I regret that as a human being. But in terms of a professional level I had to make a decision to alter the shape of the game.

"Andy was the unfortunate guy. It's horrible. It happens. It's football. He didn't vent it at me as he came off. I didn't know about it until afterwards. I've no idea who it was aimed at."

After the game, both Lee Wallace and Kenny Miller were involved in a disagreement with Murty and have since been suspended.