New Rangers CEO Patrick Stewart has requested the Scottish FA for an evidence over the non-award of a penalty in Sunday’s League Cup last defeat to Celtic, Sky Sports activities Information understands.
The Ibrox membership needed a spot-kick awarded when Liam Scales introduced down Vaclav Cerny, with referee John Beaton awarding a free-kick simply exterior the field, whereas video assistant Alan Muir agreed with the on-field name.
Gers boss Philippe Clement mentioned he had obtained “hundreds of messages” in regards to the incident, suggesting the foul was on the road of the field and may have been a penalty.
The incident is anticipated to be analysed on the Scottish FA’s month-to-month VAR Overview Present – that includes head of refereeing Willie Collum – with the present being filmed this week.
The Scottish FA additionally publish a weekly evaluation of key match incidents (KMI) occurring in video games the place VAR is operational. The overview panel vote to find out if on-field choice and any subsequent VAR intervention had been right.
Every KMI panel consists of 5 members: three unbiased members with established careers inside Scottish soccer – similar to coaches, former gamers and members of the Scottish soccer media – one consultant from the Scottish FA and one consultant from SPFL golf equipment.
Scales: I believed Cerny foul was exterior field
Celtic defender Liam Scales, who was concerned within the incident, talking after the match at Hampden Park:
“I thought it was outside the box. I haven’t watched it back so I can’t really tell you if it was in or out.
“However on the time I believed it was exterior. There have been no complaints on the time so I believe we simply received on on with the sport. So, yeah, I am certain they checked out it upstairs.”
Clement received ‘tons of’ of messages about foul
Rangers boss Philippe Clement after the defeat to Celtic:
“I don’t know if you saw the images back, but my phone is overloaded with the penalty situation with Cerny. I get hundreds of messages now about that. That’s also a really decisive moment in the game.
“After all, he (the referee) can’t see that second. However he did not get the communication from the VAR to come back to observe the display screen, which for me is a very bizarre scenario. No less than there is no look about that form of scenario in this type of sport, in regards to the scenario that the referee can decide in that manner.
“I didn’t see it at the time because I still have quite good eyes, but I cannot see that much distance if the foot is outside or inside or on the line.
“So no, however my telephone is stuffed with messages from all people. I do not know. So these are issues I can’t management.
“I know all of [the media] like to dive deep into things so maybe it’s an important moment to dig into that. About why there’s no communication in the moment about a big decision like that because it’s clear for everybody that it’s a game-deciding decision.”