David Tanner’s broken defence of referees as he attempts to defend Ibrox penalty run

After his late night rant justifying SEVEN penalties awarded against Celtic, David Tanner made a sheepish return to Twitter on Thursday.

The former Sky Sports anchorman explained how VAR had overcome the pressure from home supporters and the media to deliver a stream of penalties against Ange Postecoglou’s side.

Effectively Selik had been getting away with it pre-VAR but now there was no escape from the all-seeing eyes of two VAR officials in a studio somewhere.

There is one incredible statistic that Tanner overlooked which is the 47 match run in the SPFL since a penalty was awarded against the Ibrox Tribute Act.

Back in 2020 and into 2021 Steven Gerrard’s side went 44 SPFL matches without having a penalty awarded against them, under Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Micky Beale that record has been extended.

Tanner was directly challenged over seven penalty claims since the World Cup break- he defended ONE of them but stayed silent on SIX penalties that should have gone against his club.

In 10 European matches this season non-Scottish referees awarded three penalties against van Bronckhorst’s side on their way to a place in the Champions League record books.

Tanner’s belief system is very clear, apart from working alongside Neil McCann the last 11 years have been very painful.