After losing to Heart of Midlothian 2-0 yesterday afternoon, Celtic is now in the middle of a VAR storm that is unlikely to subside anytime soon.
Brendan Rodgers was furious at full time after two crucial rulings against the Bhoys at Tynecastle significantly impacted the outcome.Hyunjun Yang was sent off early in the game for the visitors after he tackled Alex Cochrane too hard. This happened just after he helped win a penalty that Adam Idah was unable to convert.
Yang was first given a yellow card by Don Robertson for the offence, but after reviewing the challenge, he was sent to the monitor and the yellow was escalated to a straight red card.
Before the break, in an equally contentious incident, Tomoki Iwata was called for a handball in the area even though he wasn’t really looking in the direction the play was going. Celtic comeback, Hamish bids adieu, and 67 Hail Hail’s future Hyunjun Yang was sent off early in the game for the visitors after he tackled Alex Cochrane too hard. This happened just after he helped win a penalty that Adam Idah was unable to convert.
In an incident before the interval that has caused just as much controversy, Tomoki Iwata was reprimanded for a handball in the area despite not actually looking in the direction play was headed.
This season, there have been countless other situations around the nation that have gone unpunished. However, Celtic was subjected to a peculiar evaluation procedure including Robertson and VAR official John Beaton, which resulted in the awarding of a penalty that Jorge Grant converted for the home team.
Hearts had the advantage with Rodgers’ team already reduced to ten men, and Lawrence Shankland secured three points in the 56th minute.
“What you would say is, we’ve seen this in the Scottish league all season,” the Irishman asserted on the programme. The one thing they’ve always said is that handball has been fined in any situation similar to that. Hard, very, very unlucky, is how I see it. But to their credit, each and every one of them has contributed.Chris Sutton, a former Celtic legend, has now added more fuel to the flames about VAR in the Scottish game by using social media platform X.The 50-year-old further claimed that it’s possible the Iwata incident wasn’t thoroughly investigated before Celtic was awarded a penalty.When a decision that divides opinion in Scotland affects the result of a game, there is typically an investigation in the days that follow, covering all aspect of the Scottish football landscape, social media, and mainstream media.
It should come as no surprise that a team like Celtic is the same in that regard, and supporters are obviously angry about what happened in the capital.On the other hand, things aren’t particularly made better by the lack of transparency surrounding those conversations. It raises the question of whether referees will be able to use a platform in the future to provide an explanation for their conclusions.
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