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Alan Galindo

Robbie Neilson calls on VAR 'discrepancies' to be fixed as he reacts to Jorge Grant red card

Robbie Neilson has reacted to Jorge Grant's red card as he called on a lot of 'discrepancies' with VAR to be tidied up.

Hearts were reduced to ten-men early on during their five-goal thriller with Motherwell with the score level at 0-0 after the midfielder's challenge on Callum Slattery. However, Andy Halliday grabbed a double with Lawrence Shankland's late penalty securing a big three points after the visitors had fought back through strikes from Louis Moult and Blair Spittal.

The capital boss is adamant VAR is a really good thing for our game but believes the issue is with how the technology is implemented and the people watching it. The Gorgie side moved up to fourth spot with a 3-2 win at Tynecastle and moved to within two points of Aberdeen in third spot. Next up is a trip to Rangers before a home clash with Livingston. Giving his views on the red card and VAR, Neilson said: "I can talk all day about it — it's just more discrepancies with VAR. Having seen it, and even at the time, I didn't think it was a red card. Kevin's thoughts at the time was that he was high and out of control and reckless.

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