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Liam Bryce

Ally McCoist fires Celtic offside dig as Rangers legend tells Alan Brazil 'you're having a laugh'

It wouldn't be a big night of Scottish Premiership action without a big refereeing call to debate now, would it?

The aftermath of Celtic's win over Aberdeen spilled over into Thursday morning after the Dons were left furious with Jota's dramatic winner at Pittodrie.

Stephen Glass' side fought back from two goals down against the league leaders only for the Portuguese to immediate restore Celtic's lead - sparking fury in the home side as they felt Liel Abada had strayed offside and blocked David Bates from challenging Jota.

In typical fashion, Ally McCoist and Alan Brazil offered their typically contrasting views on the incident.

Rangers legend McCoist sucked in his on-air pal with an alternative take - insisting the only question was just how far Abada had gone beyond the Aberdeen backline.

But Celtic fan Brazil wasn't having his claim that the Israeli star was interfering with play.

McCoist said on talkSPORT : "They can't make their mind up over whether it was one yard offside, two yards offside or three yards offside. They just can't make their mind up mate, you're having a laugh!

"Not only is he offside - he's offside and he interferes with the boy trying to block the tackle."

Brazil was adamant there wasn't enough in the challenge to merit stopping the game for "interference".

He replied: "Away you go! Every time you brush someone now, it's interference, is it? You're talking..."

But McCoist was unmoved as he responded: "He's offside!"

The result keeps Ange Postecoglou's side top of the Premiership by a single point after Rangers beat Hibs at Ibrox.

Jota opened the scoring with his first of the evening before Matt O'Riley's deflected effort made it two.

Christian Ramirez reduced the arrears after the break and a Lewis Ferguson header levelled it, only for Jota's disputed strike to prove decisive.

The on-loan Benfica star had earlier had an effort ruled out with Celtic leading 2-0.

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