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Ben Banks

Lee Johnson laments Hibs defending at Aberdeen as 'ridiculous' VAR wait leads to more questions

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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