Charlie Nicholas has claimed that there was no contact between Albian Ajeti and Colin Doyle during last week’s penalty incident at Rugby Park.
Referee Kevin Clancy awarded a penalty but this afternoon the hoops striker takes an appeal to the SFA against a two match suspension for simulation.
Social media clips showed that there was clear contact between the two players but the former Scotland striker saw things differently.
Picking up on his Daily Express column, the Daily Record reports Nicholas saying:
Ajeti was cited for diving to win a penalty at Kilmarnock. I didn’t think there was any contact and I expect him to serve a suspension too. His Celtic team-mate Scott Brown got away with an elbow and the disciplinary set-up is like a lucky dip every weekend as to what will happen.
@gordonduncan7 Goalie hand to Ajeti ankle.. PENALTY!! pic.twitter.com/DFBaVipEDU
— Mr Comic Book (@comicbookguy_UK) February 6, 2021
Celtic forward Albian Ajeti faces a two-match ban after being charged with diving to win a penalty in Tuesday’s 4-0 win at Kilmarnock.
Sportscene had a look at the incident… ?https://t.co/HX2ohNtcan pic.twitter.com/Mwirn0ia54
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) February 4, 2021
The process that the SFA goes through to decide what issues are brought to the attention of the Disciplinary Committee remain something of a mystery.
Televised matches seem to attract the most attention with the Kilmarnock match shown live by Sky Sports and then featured on Sportscene soon after.
Last week Alfredo Morelos was given a two match suspension for a stamping incident against Hibs that Clancy failed to take action against.
