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Irfan Peljto angered Barry Ferguson as the Light Blues boss insisted Bosnian whistler missed two clear spot kicks for Gers in Bilbao

Bosnian blunder ref Irfan Peljto was banned for six months by his own football association earlier this season for a hat-trick of mistakes in one game, which included not giving two penalties.

Barry Ferguson was seething after the whistler denied what the Rangers boss felt were two clear spot kicks during his side’s 2-0 Europa League quarter-final defeat to Athletic Club in Bilbao.

Neither Peljto nor his VAR team acted after Cyriel Dessers had his shirt pulled in the penalty box by Yeray Alvarez, while Gers also claimed there was an Athletic Bilbao handball that was missed when Nico Raskin hit the post in the second half.

Peljto has history with Rangers after awarding Belgian club Union St Gilloise a penalty three years ago in a Champions League qualifier for a controversial handball against Connor Goldson.

And he was also sidelined by his own Bosnian FA for an error-strewn disaster of a game in September this season.

The 40-year-old, who has been a FIFA ref for 10 years, was in the charge of a bitter derby between Zrinjski Mostar and Borac Banja. And in a scathing verdict, the Committee for Referees and Refereeing of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, confirmed that Peljto made three mistakes in the game, which ended in a 1-1 draw.

According to their assessment, he failed to award a penalty for Borac and then missed a foul in the very next attack, which led to a goal for Zrinjski.

His final cock-up came when he failed to award a penalty to Zrinjski Mostar, which should have been given.

He was suspended for six games in the Bosnian league and the VAR officials for that game were all also handed six-game bans.