Furious Lee Johnson has demanded Scottish officials get over the novelty of their "new toy" in VAR and let common sense take over. Meanwhile even Jim Goodwin couldn't help but admit the stopping and starting distracted from a handsome win for his side.
Aberdeen ran out comfortable 4-1 winners over Hibs on the night but there was an air of the farcical about the first goal as a lengthy VAR delay awarded the Dons a penalty, with David Marshall eventually adjudged to have brought Duk down in the area. The former Scotland keeper then saved Bojan Miovski's spot-kick, before another VAR stoppage ordered a retake - which the striker converted.
That led to a snarky tweet from Hibs simply reading "your guess is as good as ours" but it set the tone for a comfortable Dons win from there. Miovski added another and Ylber Ramadani put it out of sight, before Mykola Kukharevych pulled one back - a goal that was initially ruled out for offside before another prolonged VAR check. Leighton Clarkson made it four and put Aberdeen in third place, but the football itself did feel like a sideshow on a night where all the headlines were dominated by the technology.
