The Swansea City defender was penalised late on in Saturday's defeat at Burnley – a decision that saw Chris Eagles step up and score the winner that condemned the Swans to a fourth successive away defeat – damaging their automatic promotion hopes in the process.
Rangel though insists it was never a penalty and he told the Western Mail “I’ve seen it on the laptop three times and it’s not a penalty at all
“You see this situation so many times and I told the referee that it was a very cheap penalty.
“We made a contact but football is a contact game. If you put your hands on the player and push him you can say ‘fair enough’.
“But I saw the ball from Elliott come across and I was looking at the ball more than the player.
“I saw that Rodriguez couldn’t even have a header, so I just let the ball go past. There was a little contact but that happens in a game and it was a very soft penalty.
“The referee just messed up and a stupid decision was the difference in the game.”
