SCOTT BROWN says that Celtic were denied a stonewall penalty in the 1-1 draw against Rangers at Celtic Park.

With Celtic a goal to the good through Moi Elyounoussi’s opener in the first half, striker Odsonne Edouard went down in the Rangers area under a challenge from Borna Barisic.

Referee Willie Collum deemed that the forward had dived and booked him for simulation, but Brown feels that was the wrong decision, and may have cost Celtic a morale-boosting victory.

“We were exceptional,” Brown said. “We could have had three or four and had a penalty denied as well. It's a stonewaller.

“There's no reason for Odsonne to go down as he chops inside. There's contact – we saw it at half-time.

“It's one of those ones if you go in 2-0 up at half-time then it totally changes the game.

“They managed to get back in the game but we had enough chances to win it. I thought we were very good today throughout the whole 90 minutes.”

Meanwhile, Brown says that he was so disgusted by the alleged racist abuse suffered by Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara that he just had to show his support to his rival before the match.

Brown crossed the Glasgow divide prior to the draw between the sides to offer his hand to Kamara following the incident with Slavia Prague’s Ondrej Kudela on Thursday evening.

And the Celtic skipper says that club colours are secondary when it comes to an issue which has blighted football for far too long.

“I think it's disgusting what's happened,” he said. “It doesn't matter if it's a Rangers player or a Celtic player. Whoever it is, it should never be part of the game.

“And that just showed that we are with them, we stand with them on racism.

“It's just that little bit of respect to a fellow professional.”