Referee Euan Robertson was "swayed" by a slip from Livingston defender Morgan Boyes when ruling Celtic star Liel Abada's goal, claims Gordon Dalziel.
The Scottish Premiership leaders ran out 2-1 winners over David Martindale's side after a sluggish performance, Ayo Obileye's own goal and a Kyogo strike proving to enough for Hoops despite Nicky Devlin's effort setting up a nervy second half. However, the talking point from the game came when Abada appeared to have netted a third when he collected David Turnbull's ball after a knock down from stumbling Morgan Boyes into his path.
After a lengthy consultation period referee Euan Anderson was called to the VAR monitor for closer inspection and ruled the strike out. IFAB guidelines for "deliberate play" offside rulings, such as Boyes contract with Turnbull's ball forward, state: "A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by: gaining an advantage by playing the ball or interfering with an opponent when it has: rebounded or been deflected off the goalpost, crossbar, match official or an opponent.
