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Ben Banks

Ange Postecoglou delivers Celtic penalty stat and sends VAR warning to Premiership managers

Ange Postecoglou has told his Premiership counterparts to become aware that VAR won't solve all refereeing problems after a dramatic Celtic win over Hearts.

The Hoops boss was bemused by a Michael Smith handball in the box that was not awarded as a penalty by the video assisted referee. James Forrest, Daizen Maeda, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Greg Taylor goals cancelled out Lawrence Shankland's hat-trick in a frantic match at Tynecastle. Hearts were awarded a spot-kick after a VAR check while they were ordered to retake another for encroachment by the new tech after half-time.

Postecoglou didn't like the long delays it brought and insisted that rival managers can't expect it to fix everything, as his side haven't had it all their own way. The Celtic boss said: "People assume that everything is going to be clear cut and I look forward to fellow managers accepting the fact that VAR is not going to be clear cut.

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