With refereeing and VAR issues in the news Alan Muir added to the growing catalogue of honest mistakes at today’s Livingston v Celtic match.
Don Robertson was his usual erratic self with some baffling decisions when Celtic built up a chance down the right wing.
When the ball was played into the penalty box Kyogo Furuhashi moved into position only to have his movement halted by Micky Devlin.
The Livingston defender kicked out at Kyogo’s left ankle with his right foot then followed through by kneeing the striker’s thigh.
Robertson had a clear view but didn’t want to know, Muir had plenty of time to review it. While John Beaton will pour over an incident to find the angle he is looking for Muir had his mind made up within 60 seconds with the message being to continue playing. He didn’t even suggest that the match referee should take a look on the pitch-side monitor.
Even more obvious from this angle pic.twitter.com/VZa498OhCT
— Paul Synnott (@dublinbhoy_1888) March 31, 2024
Fortunately Celtic went on to score three times after the break with Muir unable to find fault with any of the goals.
With seven matches left to play Celtic are one point clear and one goal better off in terms of goal difference.
Football is about small margins, Muir did his bit like John Beaton at Tynecastle, today Celtic had enough to overcome the obstacles put in front of them by Crawford Allan’s appointments.
In 2015 Muir was the additional assistant at Hampden watching and ignoring the handball from Josh Meekings to block a netbound header from Leigh Griffiths, Muir’s career has gone from strength to strength.
?? “I’m really surprised Don Robertson wasn’t sent over to the monitor to have a look… Kyogo gets to the ball first.”
?? “He’s already down before the contact’s made.”The studio disagree over Celtic’s claim for a penalty vs Livingston ?? pic.twitter.com/Ox0usTvefJ
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) March 31, 2024
Checked and in the blink of an eye , check over
any time we score , they are at it for two , three minutes trying to find something wrong
Boydy, Chump!,
I could smell the fear from the pieman through my telly.
His snarling belligerent attitude towards the penalty, of which of course if it was dessers he would be screaming for, shows me a man who knows that the team thats showing up next week isn’t the one he was expecting.
A small narrow minded bigot, who hopefully will be eating plenty of humble pie next weekend.
In real time, that looked like a penalty.
That last video above shows a kick, a knee – and then a push on Kyogo!
And that’s just a taster for next week.
Competent my @rse:
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I await our Club’s opinion on the incident…Oh wait…Our Club…???…Scratch that…Silence is Golden.
That’s right Celtic! Wait till we lose before we complain. Dam cowards.
Today is ABSOLUTELY the day to shout about it…
Why not get in there early and say that should have been given without doubt today and MUST BE GIVEN at Liebrox next Sunday or else…
But Clement, Penalty Tav, And Barbie Doll & Co. will be in there first thin tomorrow of course setting the narrative !
We will get diddly squat from the match officals at the Bigotdome next week. Tavernier penalty is almost a certainty. Celtic player sent off don’t be surprised. Any Celtic goal pondered over by VAR for an eternity. Glass thrown on to the pitch Joe Hart brought it in his kit bag. So on and so forth ad infinitum.
As much as I was fuming about such a simple decision not given and only managing to show just how corrupt Scottish football remains with the clear agenda in play?
Have to give great credit to our player’s with showing such a strong mentality to overcome such injustices?
This will be required next week no doubt about it?
Still shouldn’t be enough to defeat ourselves, with a far better standard of quality with such a strong mentality in place, to handle the injustices and cheating that the scum depends s hugely upon imo?
whether the bigot is eating humble pie or not the sad fact is that this moron is getting paid money the ordinary fan can only dream of, london saturday afternoon livingston next midday it really does defy belief.
Tell Boyd’s shittin it , only goes aff on 1 when he’s riled , Livingstone,s pitch is better than his hair piece though.
Celtic will be disappointed.
Sutton when will you crack that fat bitter OB boyd put him on his arse and jump all over the zombie scumhun dirty bitter scumhun should be no were a tv another cheating sally mccoist rats..
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IS CORRUPT AND THE BIGGEST CHEATS IN SCOTTISH FOOTBALL THE RANJURS 2012 ARE THE TEAM WHO GETS PENALTIES IF YOU TOUCH THEM IN THE BOX THATS AFACT 76 PENALTIES AND I BET IF YOU GET A GREAT REF LOOK AT THEM NEWCO WOULD GET 20 OF THEM LOOK NEWCO SEVCO NEED MONEY AND 60 MILLION IS UP FOR GRABS SO CRAWFORD ALLAN HAS TOLD HIS BENT OFFICIALS THEY NEED HELP AND AS YOU SEE THERE GETTING HELP IN EVERY WAY SO THEY GET THE MONEY TO SURVIVE OUR THEY WILL GO DOWN LIKE OLDCO 6 FEET UNDER WERE THEY CHEATS BELONG ITS ABOUT TIME THE FANS GOT ON TOP OF THESE CHEATING BASTARDS OFFICIALS AND GET THEM OUT OF OUR GAME HAMPDEN ASWELL SFA SPFL ARE SCUM MASONIC FUCKPIGS..
Celtic should pull out of paying for var this blaring cheating is getting beyond a joke
Boyds the biggest clown I’ve ever heard on tv. Why do sky sports put up with this knob !!!! Did any1 see him and the neutral sky sports presenter when sevco scored just b4 half-time WTF.