After targeting Kieran Tierney for 90 minutes Martin Canning has accused the Celtic defender of getting Darren Lyon sent off.
In virtually every domestic game that he plays in Tierney is on the end of a succession of deliberately late challenges where opponents leave their boot in just as Tierney releases the ball.
Usually opponents take turn s to lash out at Tierney but yesterday Lyon went in late on the defender twice in two minutes to earn a red card from Andrew Dallas.
Down to ten men the remaining Accies players took it in turn to foul Tierney who was making his return to action after being out for three games.
“I didn’t think it was a red card,” Canning told The Evening Times. “I thought it was a really soft decision.
“I actually thought it was a foul for us…Kieran Tierney’s jumped in on Darren Lyon.
“There’s obviously a coming together and I think Darren pulls to get himself back into the game and Tierney away from him. I felt Tierney goes down a bit easily as well, throws himself a bit.
“For me it’s never a second yellow card. I think if anything the referee not going to make an issue of it and let the game flow. You stop the game and speak to them both, you say to Tierney about jumping in and Darren about throwing him away.
“And you get on with the game but to brandish a second yellow card for that is an extremely soft decision.”
Darrion McKinnon and Scott McMann of Hamilton were booked during the 2-1 victory for Celtic.
Bobby Madden will referee Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final between Celtic and Sevco with no players from either side suspended for the match.