JOTA had doubled his goal tally for tonight just before the second half drew to a close. However, the linesman had his flag raised.

After the Portuguese winger caught out Ramsay, he went through on goal and slotted into the back of the net, but to his dismay, the referee’s whistle had blown.

The offside call was wrong. It was clear that Jota was onside in real-time, and the linesman had called it wrong.

In the end, it doesn’t matter too much. Celtic leave with the three points, but Jota was robbed of his first Celtic hat-trick.

Ever since Kyogo’s controversial goal against Hearts was allowed and Crawford Allan had publically said the match officials should not have given it, any close call has gone against Celtic.

Decisions like these only add to the argument for VAR in Scottish football. Had VAR been in operation tonight, Jota would be returning home with the match ball.

This month, clubs in the SPFL are set to attend a meeting about the potential addition of the technology. If voted for, the Video Assistant Referee would come into force after the Qatar World Cup.

Additionally, if the technology was in place, Aberdeen may have had their first goal chopped off after Scott Brown seemed to pull back Carl Starfelt.

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