John Davidson

[Ewan Murray @mrewanmurray]

@jonnyrmcfarlane It’s also a direct contradiction of the stance taken his own club, who saw fit to publicly apologise to Hearts. An utterly baffling interview.

[SPFL Mediawatch @SPFLWatch]

A very articulate view from Michael Stewart.

[Heart of Midlothian FC @JamTarts]

Club statement: Events at Celtic Park

🔗 https://t.co/cnToHBofbr

[Joel Sked @sked21]

📍 Tynecastle Park.

Team should be here in the next 15-30 minutes.

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

@MaclureAndrew @ETimsNet @JeffStelling @GaryLineker Ah hello Celtic fan. Hope you win the title, Willie Collum thinks you deserve it.

[ScotFax @scotfax]

Well that's a penalty that not only defies physics but unnatural hand must be driven by the player's OWN movement IFAB 12. It's literally driven by the movement of the Celtic player.

Another classic SFA screw up.

Glasgow is the home of the SFA in so many ways.

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

@chris_sutton73 @Stephenswan You are not going to be able to continue to try and smooth this over. People have spoken and it’s in plain sight. Eyes wide shut.

[Scotland’s Coefficient @scotlandscoeff1]

My take: the ball hitting a hand is not always a handball offence. You have to either

1.) deliberately touch the ball with your hand, or
2.) ball hits your hand/arm when it's made your body unnaturally bigger.

This isn't deliberate, and if the ball hits his hand - which is on his forehead in the middle of a normal footballing challenge - he hasn't made his body unnaturally bigger. Because the ball would have hit his head anyway, so his hand on his head does not make his body unnaturally bigger.

Furthermore, VAR can only recommend an on-field review for a clear and obvious error. There is only one camera angle available, which does not show that the referee has missed a clear and obvious error. We can't see clearly where the ball hits.

This is categorically not what VAR was brought in for, and it all needs ripped up in the summer. This is a really poor look for Scottish football, as you can see from the international condemnation online since the game.

You really have to feel for Hearts. Unless you're a Celtic fan of course, that must have been class. But if you're not a Celtic fan. Deary me. Could be a generation defining decision, never mind season defining!

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

@ScotlandSky Who wants to watch this rubbish?

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

@paddypower No. Absolute corruption.

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

Was a penalty the right call?

#BBCFootball

[Tam McManus @The_Tman10]

I don’t want Hearts to win the league i think that’s pretty clear but even i have sympathy for them tonight. Genuinely that last minute pen for Celtic is poor and if i’m a Hearts fan,player or coach (or Motherwell for that matter) I’m fuming at that. You have to be 💯 sure with that big a call.

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

@HumzaYousaf Your view on today’s matches is as tone deaf as your politics.

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

@chris_sutton73 The whole league is a farce. No point even tuning in next week with this garbage.

[Jamie Bryson @JamieBrysonLLB]

Hearts deserve to win the league. But they won’t.

They’ve been cheated & shafted. The world knows. Celtic will get their tainted title, delivered via the hand of referees who have been corrupted, but everyone knows they cheated to get there.

Martin O’Neill’s respect as a football man has been tarnished beyond repair given he has happily been involved in whatever corruption has occurred to buy off the officials.

I’d rather be a Rangers, or even Hearts, fan and lose the league, than be part of that shameless corrupt cheating cabal.

We will never be like them. And be grateful for it.

[John Davidson @JohnDavidson91]

Eyes wide shut. 🇱🇻

[Ian Murray MP @IanMurrayMP]

Ok SFA you’ve made your point.

[Jeff Stelling @JeffStelling]

Seriously that is never a handball at Fir Park. The boy headed it 20 yards. The ref takes one look after VAR calls him over. Embarrassing for Scottish football.

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

This might be the worst VAR decision I’ve seen (and there’s a lot of competition). Extraordinary given the significance.