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Scott McDermott

Barry Robson takes on VAR as Aberdeen boss makes Steven Naismith handshake snub claim after Hearts defeat

Aberdeen boss Barry Robson is praying a VAR decision will finally go in his favour as he battles for third spot in the Premiership.

The Dons gaffer was furious again yesterday with officials at Clydesdale House for not instructing ref Kevin Clancy to look at a penalty incident in their 2-1 defeat to Hearts. At 0-0, Aberdeen forward Marley Watkins was brought down in the box by Peter Haring and VAR checked for a spot kick.

But Clancy was told by his video assistants to play on, which left the Dons bench fuming. Robson was similarly upset when his team didn’t get a decision at Ibrox a fortnight ago after Connor Goldson’s clumsy challenge on Duk. And he says he’s expecting to get something from VAR in their last two games against St Mirren and Celtic as they chase down the Europa League group stage spot. Robson said: “Here we sit once again speaking about it and it's frustrating. That's why I got booked today, I didn't think a lot of decisions were great. It's not hard to get it right. We've got two games to go and I've not had one decision from VAR.

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