Lee McCulloch insists Rangers are correct to appeal Jose Cifuentes' red card against Dundee.

The midfielder was sent off by Kevin Clancy after a VAR review for catching Amadou Bakayoko late in the challenge.

He was originally booked before the decision was upgraded to a red. The Ibrox side have decided to appeal the incident which will be heard by a fast-track tribunal on Tuesday.

And McCulloch feels it is the correct call from Philippe Clement's side. Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "It's not an area of the pitch they have a lot of people fit. 

"They're struggling in there at the moment so it makes sense to appeal the card to try and make him available.

"I do think there is grounds there for the appeal and obviously so did Rangers as they have went ahead with it.

"I didn't see any malice in the challenge. I think he has caught up but there is no intent. Whether it is serious, dangerous play, whatever they call it, that will be up for the panel to decide. 

But I definitely think there is grounds there."

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Speaking after the match the Ibrox boss stressed that Cifuentes told him he had pulled out of the challenge.

"Jose told me he lost the ball and wanted to win it back," the Belgian said. "He wanted to block the ball but the other guy is a split second faster and tackles through the ball, there’s contact.

"Jose tries to avoid it, he didn’t go through it, so I want to see things back to have a clear and good opinion so we can make an assessment the next few days.