Bobby Madden believes Celtic had a compelling case for a penalty at Tynecastle despite being waved away by video technology.
After a fairly uneventful debut across the capital on Friday night, VAR was seriously put to the test in Gorgie as the Hoops edged out a seven-goal thriller against Hearts. After James Forrest nodded them in front, Anthony Ralston had a goal ruled out when Nick Walsh blew for a foul before he headed home. The goal was checked, must to the annoyance of Craig Gordon, who pointed out that Hearts had stopped after the whistler awarded the free-kick.
The hosts were then given a penalty on the strike of half-time. Cammy Devlin was wiped out in the box, but Walsh didn’t initially award the spot kick and needed his colleagues in the studio to inform him he should have another look. Almost immediately after Lawrence Shankland scored, the visitors wanted a spot-kick of their own after an apparent handball by Michael Smith, but a swift check said no.
