Derek McInnes was fuming after the Kilmarnock boss watched his side be denied a penalty in a 2-0 defeat to Celtic at Hampden.
The raging Killie gaffer believes in the final moments the Ayrshire side should have been offered a path back in to the game with Giorgos Giakoumakis involved in a tussle in the penalty area with Joe Wright. Referee Willie Collum decided to wave off Killie's claims before the Greek striker netted to hand Celtic a place in the final.
And McInnes, who was impressed with his side's battle at Hampden, fumed over VAR's lack of interjection in the incident and says referees and officials must 'do their jobs right' when it comes to key decisions.
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He said: “We should have had a penalty, absolutely we should have. It’s two hands - Giakoumakis has got his arms wrapped around Joe Wright and he goes down. He can’t get to the ball. The way the throw has come in, he can’t get to it. He’s come through the back of him. It’s a penalty every day.
“The referee has a great view of it and I’m really disappointed with that because for me it’s a penalty. I felt it was a penalty at the time and even more having seen it. We came here to get a job done and we needed the right decisions to be made.
“Celtic are a top class side and I’m disappointed with the goal we lost. We should have dealt better with the set piece. When you come up against the talent Celtic have you know you have to suffer at times and do a lot of the things right but the effort and spirit was brilliant and we stuck to the task.
“We needed people to do their jobs right and my player did for the vast majority of the game and we should have had a penalty kick. I didn’t ask about the penalty, there’s no point. VAR should have been speaking together - not me after the event.
"What's the point in me speaking to the referee? VAR should be speaking to the referee. Not a conversation with me, after the event, when Celtic are through to the Final. That, pre VAR, post VAR, that's a penalty kick and how we can't get to the right decision is... Giakoumakis gets a bit excited, he's clumsy, it's a strikers challenge, two hands around his waist.'
"Whoever is in the VAR has to be big enough to say 'are you sure you have seen this right? You need to come and see this again.''
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