It was only a few weeks ago that Bobby Madden suggested that the new forty plus rules coming into the Scottish game would result in a lot more penalties.

But just not for Celtic.

https://twitter.com/deaks1ey/status/1162765779349245952?s=20

Yesterday in the English Premier League, current champions Man City were playing Spurs at home. In injury time, Man City scored what looked like a perfectly legal goal only for VAR to rule it as a handball. On any other season, the goal would have stood but the new rules meant City lost out on 3 points. The handball in the City game was nowhere near as blatant as this one.

Yesterday’s ref, John Beaton was famously pictured in a Rangers bar but somehow he is still allowed to referee Celtic games. That was not lost on Celtic TV commentary as Tom Boyd called it.

https://twitter.com/gibbogibby1/status/1163015594096177152?s=20

Celtic’s performance was not up to the mark yesterday and poor refereeing is no excuse for the performance.