Lee Johnson has hit out at his Hibs men and VAR in the wake of their 4-1 Premiership loss away at Aberdeen.
A decent first half at Pittodrie ultimately was worth nothing as VAR struck. Luis Lopes had an offside go in his favour and was then judged to have been brought down in the box by David Marshall. The Hibs goalkeeper sprung off his line too quick to save Bojan Miovski's 12-yard attempt and the forward scored at the attempt.
One more from him plus Ylber Ramadani and Leighton Clarkson goals made it a good night for Aberdeen and left Mykola Kukharevych's strike as a crumb of consolation comfort for Hibs manager Johnson. While not amused by VAR's work, he was just as unhappy with his side's second half collapse. The boss said: "We've been on the wrong side of it. The delay and the timing, especially when you've got momentum, is frustrating.
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"If you look at it enough times, you'll find a way to say it's a penalty. That's how I see it, particularly when it's slowed down, and it was ridiculous how long it took.
"That proved to me it wasn't clear and obvious and at that point the game's got to move on. I think there were nine extra minutes played in the first half. They've got to be quicker."
He added to Hibs TV: “The second and third goals are really difficult to take as they are both set pieces. The lads have got to do their jobs.
"We need to be physically stronger and mentally stronger when we come away to these places because we are conceding goals too easily inside our box."
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