Rangers manager Ally McCoist has backed Sone Aluko to bounce back after being banned for diving.
Aluko will sit out the next two Scottish Premier League games against Hibernian and Inverness after he was found guilty of simulation by the Scottish Football Association's fast track tribunal on Thursday.
The winger won a penalty in last weekend's meeting with Dunfermline to help Rangers secure a 2-1 win on what was only his second appearance for the Scottish champions and his Ibrox debut.
He also faced criticism the previous week for being slow to react and inadvertently playing Manuel Pascali onside for the Kilmarnock goal that inflicted a first SPL defeat of the season on the Light Blues.
However, despite his furious response to news of the ban yesterday, McCoist insists both he and the player were able to see the funny side of what has been a turbulent start to Aluko's Rangers career.
He said: "We had a little bit of a laugh about it yesterday, which you probably won't believe. It was like 'Welcome to Rangers'. It's been an interesting couple of weeks for him.
"I actually thought he played well down at Kilmarnock but he received a bit of stick for not coming off a post at the goal. Then the Dunfermline incident. If he ever needed a reminder of the situation he finds himself in at our club, he's got it quickly.
"He's a lovely lad and, disappointed as he is at yesterday's judgement, he will bounce back from it. He's a smashing lad and he will come back absolutely fine.''
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