VAR was once again a key theme in a Scottish Premiership match as Celtic ran out 2-1 winners against Livingston.
Ayo Obileye's own goal and a Kyogo strike were enough for Hoops boss Ange Postecoglou despite Nicky Devlin's effort making the second half a tight contest. Liel Abada thought he had his side's third when David Turnbull's ball was headed by Lions defender Morgan Boyes into his path, but referee Euan Anderson was called to the VAR monitor for closer inspection.
The Israeli was deemed to have come from an offside position and it led to fury within the stands over a goal that would have ended this one as a contest, on top of questions on the airwaves and small screen. It's far from the first time Scottish football's new tech has proven a talking point since its autumn introduction and the pundits on duty for Celtic v Livingston across club media and Sportsound all had a similar sense of confusion when it came to Abada's effort.
Tosh McKinlay
"For me, that's a goal. Abada's a goal as he is not active until the defender heads it back. That means he's back onside in the second phase, I would say. So I don't know what they have come up with on the offside goal.
"It disrupted the rhythm a bit as well as it was game over at that time. It's unfortunate we didn't get the third one as I think the play deserved that."
Simon Donnelly
"The rhythm went out the game in the second half. All the good play and the attacking threat in the first half wasn't there in the second half.
"I'm with Tosh for the goal. Turnbull for me, they have interpreted that's a pass from him through to Abada. I don't think it was.
"If anything it is a foul on Turnbull and I thought at the time the ref did well to play the advantage. But VAR strikes again."
Allan Preston
"It's a possible offside. It's either offside or its not. The whole crowd has been told it's checking for possible offside. Surely they can make that call, why do they need to send the referee to have a look at it?
"This needs explained by the referee or someone, somebody needs to tell us what is going on here. Why are you sending him to have a look?
"You are in the studio, you have all the angles, is he offside or not? Why do you need to tell the referee to have a look?
Pat Bonner
"The only thing it might be is checking whether it did come off somebody which would make him onside. That's the only thing.
"This Celtic team have to attack and attack and they keep believing in how they want to play. The second half was a little bit closer and Celtic didn't dominate the ball as much, although later they did.
"Celtic will say they dominated the game and scored the goals, well at least one of them, and created chances. This week's job has been done and done well."
