Kemar Roofe Rangers goal reaction highlights Brendan Rodgers Celtic VAR hypocrisy

The Celtic manager has definitely changed his stance from his early call against Rangers,

as he risks an SFA charge for remarks he made regarding VAR.

When Rangers forward Cyriel Dessers robbed faltering Celtic defender Gustaf Lagerbielke back in September of last year,

refereeing technology saved his blushes.

The large Nigerian striker then found Kemar Roofe, who gave a wild Ibrox a wild celebration with the game’s first goal before

a VAR review resulted in the goal being disallowed.

In hindsight, it was a pretty bold move for the Celtic defender, who seemed to have caught the Rangers attacker before

tumbling to the ground from being outmuscled.

Brendan Rodgers defended VAR v Rangers

The moment was a crucial one in the match, with Celtic going on to win the game 1-0 and Rangers

boos ringing out at now former manager Michael Beale.

Speaking after the game, Brendan Rodgers was a tad more understanding towards the officials and not

quite as apoplectic as he was following Celtic’s 2-0 defeat to Hearts.

“I think obviously the referees, there’s enough officials looking at it and they obviously deemed it to be that.”

This stands in stark contrast to the statements made by the Celtic manager following the two instances in which VAR

interfered against Hearts, resulting in the disputed handball penalty award for Hearts and Yang’s now-upheld red card.

Playing the classic “for the good of the game” card, the Celtic manager called the referees “incompetent” and went on to say

that football is now being refereed “off the pitch.”

Spare us the holier than thou stuff please, Brendan.

VAR must only be a major problem when decisions go against Celtic but thankfully the footballing Gods have a way of

evening these things out over a season.

That’s not to say the referee was wrong to give these decisions against Celtic, but where you rationalise a bone of contention

in one respect but not in the other, it suggests you really cannot be taken seriously.

Undoubtedly, such partiality is inherent in the fandom; nonetheless, managers should take note of the fact that Brendan

Rodgers might be seated in the stands when his team plays Rangers next month.

Football karma, as previously indicated, might also be fully operational in this case, as the Celtic manager has been charged

with “dog-whistling” to pro-Rangers plots in order to divert attention away from his own failings.