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!
ATTENTION: would all bedwetters and panty twisters from the last 6 weeks please assemble at Edmiston House for 4pm where I will be delivering a TED talk on title races, how they work, and the power of positivity. 🇬🇧
In a division below them at the time
First time we had beaten them in years
Won the penalty shootout and knocked them out the cup
Not a single Rangers fan on the pitch 👍🏼
@SubwayLoyal Weakness in mentality comes from previous failures. There’s no doubting that. That only changes if/when we start to win when it matters (see Hearts). And the support are the most important part of it. Ibrox needs to be buoyant next week, not nervous. NS
@SubwayLoyal Just pull the big boy pants on and get ready for a title race. We might just win it. A penalty call away from winning that today.
But to default to not winning next week and hoping you’re wrong is the very same mentality you accuse the players of. That is all. WATP