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Robbie Neilson vents at VAR as Hearts boss left fuming at 'discrepancy' in Jorge Grant red card

Robbie Neilson admits he's "disappointed" at VAR for not overturning Kevin Clancy's decision to send off Jorge Grant.

It was an eventful clash at Tynecastle as Motherwell clawed it back from 2-0 down to equalise before Lawrence Shankland 's late penalty kept the three points in Gorgie. Hearts had to do it all with ten men after Grant saw red for a late challenge on Callum Slattery, with whistler Clancy's quick decision not challenged by the VAR room.

Neilson compared it to the incident at McDiarmid Park last weekend, where St Johnstone 's Jason Brown was sent off before VAR intervened to downgrade it to a yellow. Neilson felt the same should have applied in Gorgie, and was left bemused at VAR for not stepping in. Neilson said: "I'm very disappointed (in the decision). I didn't think it was a red card. The referee has made the decision quickly but I'd have thought that, with VAR, he'd have gone and had a look at it.

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