"I saw the referee at half time and said 'you are due me an apology' and I got spoken to like I was a little boy, " the Hearts boss told BBC Scotland.

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His afternoon got worse on the stroke of half-time when he produced a reckless challenge on Koscielny and referee Martin Atkinson wasted little time in producing a straight red card.

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"The Scottish government can't be a participant and a referee at the same time, " he said.

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