Robbie Neilson calls out John Beaton over Ibrox decision

Robbie Neilson has called out John Beaton for calling time early at Ibrox last night.

With the home-side hanging on to a single goal lead there was a nervousness in the stands as the match reached the latter stages.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has come under heavy criticism as his side slips seven points behind Celtic at the top of the SPFL Premiership but the Lanarkshire based referee was keen to bring the match to a halt.

Covering the after-match comments of the Hearts boss, The Scotsman reports Neilson saying:

I was unhappy with the three minutes at the end. When we are holding on for a 1-0 lead you get seven or eight minutes. When you come here it is three minutes. There was a lot of time-wasting towards the end of the game by Rangers, which is something I have not seen here before.

But the referee decided he would just look at the substitutions. I thought towards the end of the game we were in the ascendancy, Rangers were time wasting, I was hoping for a bit more.

In contrast to Beaton, with no sign of time wasting from either side Willie Collum added five minutes on to Celtic’s visit to Fir Park.

On the hour mark VAR David Dickinson disallowed what appeared to be a good goal from Jota while Josh Morris was only booked for a shocking attack on Carl Starfelt.