Celtic hero Neil Lennon has blasted the VAR penalty call against his Omonia Nicosia side as 'beyond belief'.
The former Hoops boss watched on as his side went down 3-0 in their Europa League opener against FC Sheriff in Cyprus. The visitors got off to the perfect start by finding the net inside two minutes to silence the home support. Ibrahim Akanbi Rasheed was the man to open the scoring.
Ten minutes into the second period Iyayi Believe Atiemwen netted from the spot to push the visitors further ahead. That decision to award a spot-kick infuriated Lennon, who accused the officials making the decisions of 'never playing football', as he could not understand how it could be deemed a deliberate handball. Mouhamed Diop added a third with less than 15 minutes to play to rub further salt into the wounds. Ex-Celtic defender Adam Matthews played the full 90 minutes of the defeat.
