The decision to send off Hearts star Alex Cochrane against Celtic has been rinsed by the pundits - with Chris Sutton declaring VAR official Willie Collum "pooped it."
The defender was chasing down Daizen Maeda on the right flank at Tynecastle when the Japan international tumbled under pressure from the Jambos' defender. Referee Nick Walsh initially opted to book the full-back, but was sent to the monitor by Collum in the VAR room just before the half-time whistle. That saw the man in the middle overturn his original call and brandish a red card for the Hearts star.
That left a packed Tynecastle reeling with doubts over whether Cochrane was the last man or if Maeda would have been in a goalscoring position as he neared Zander Clark's goal. Sutton was quick to take to Twitter to insisted the decision should not have been given, stating: "That’s not a red card… Willie Collum in the VAR hut has absolutely pooped it…
