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Graeme Young

Alex McLeish slams Martin O'Neill over Celtic referee claims as former Rangers seizes on 'bizarre' VAR pop

Unimpressed Alex McLeish has rounded on former rival Martin O'Neill over his claims his Celtic side didn't get a fair shake during his time in charge.

And the ex-Rangers boss reckons the Irishman's VAR verdict over the handball claim on Connor Goldson in the 2-2 draw between the sides was "bizarre". O'Neill was speaking to the Record Celtic Podcast when he claimed he felt his Celtic team were left wanting over referee calls during his five years at the helm between 2000 and 2005.

And McLeish has fired back over O'Neill's views both in past and present and pointed to his own frustrations as a sign Celtic weren't singled out. Speaking to Scottish Sun, he said: "Martin’s foray into an alleged carve-up by Scottish refs and VAR to deny his old club a penalty in the last Old Firm match was bizarre. When we managed the Old Firm, I also thought Rangers were denied decisions by referees.

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