Why Did Celtic Not Receive A Penalty?

Why Did Celtic Not Receive A Penalty?

This season’s referee judgments have raised concerns over consistency. Celtic witnessed yet another instance of incoherence this afternoon as they played St Johnstone.

Luke Robinson stopped Daizen Maeda’s attempt, the Japanese winger seeming certain to score. The ball seemed to hit his arm, obstructing his chance to score a goal.

Considering that the ball unintentionally struck Tomoki Iwata at Tynecastle, the judgment was made to give Hearts a penalty. The St Johnstone defender made a conscious effort to thwart Maeda’s attempt.

Even with VAR enabled, there was no penalty called. Another perplexing choice made by Scottish authorities, who haven’t exactly shone this season.

To put it simply, Celtic scores and the score is 0-0 if the defender does not use his hand to block. Such choices might have cost Celtic the league title in the end as well as today’s victory.

On a different day, that call would have been the talk of the game, but Celtic prevailed 3-1 in the end. The credit for this outstanding performance goes to the Hoops. Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo Furuhashi stole the show.

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