Fuelling conspiracies? Ange Postecoglou follows up as he takes on BBC Scotland reporter
Ange Postecoglou wasn’t entertaining any suggestion that VAR had worked in Celtic’s favour in the 5-1 win over St Mirren in the Scottish Cup.
There was a lengthy delay before Daizen Maeda’s 15th minute goal was allowed the stand but 20 minutes from the final whistle there was a bigger controversy.
Once again in a Scottish Cup tie Steven McLean failed to notice a goalbound Celtic effort being blocked by an arm.
This one wasn’t as obvious as the Josh Meekings incident in 2015 but play was halted, the players stood around for a few minutes then McLean went over to the pitchside monitor to review the passage of play.
After about one minute he decided that it was a penalty to Celtic with Richard Taylor sent off for deliberate handball.
It seems that some in the media view the correct decision being made as VAR doing Celtic a favour, Kheredine Idessane of BBC Scotland put that view to the Celtic boss afterwards.
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That’s an interesting take. I don’t know if there’s a favour barometer, I’m just thinking they’re making decisions. I had my say about VAR a few weeks ago and everyone came at me that I was fuelling conspiracies, so I’ll let the other managers now run the race. I had my say on it.
I assume the result of the decisions today were correct. If they weren’t correct and as you say they were ‘favourable’ to us, whatever that means, let others judge.
Replying to Idessane’s follow up the Celtic boss added:
When you talk about a favour, that means we get a decision we’re not supposed to, which has not happened to us. The time it takes is a frustration for everyone at the moment but I’ve had my say on it. There are others in charge of that department.