Celtic lost out by two goals to one in Ayrshire on Saturday afternoon. Despite leading at the break, the Hoops went on to lose the game thanks to a commendable second-half turnaround from Killie.
In the match, there were some major talking points. One that many opposition supporters and pundits alike have focused on is Alistair Johnston’s supposed handball in the first half.
Some were convinced the handling of the ball from the Candian right-back should have resulted in a Killie penalty. However, the official laws of the game (via Football Scotland) state that no spot-kick can be given ‘if a player is falling and the ball touches their hand/arm when it is between their body and the ground to support the body (but not extended to make the body bigger)’.
This clears up and ends all speculation that there was any wrongdoing regarding this decision. It was a perfectly legal incident, and Johnston didn’t commit any offence, as some have tried to suggest.
Never mind the hand balls, referees, VAR etc.
Celtic were destroyed by Killie.
Never have I seen us so easily hassled off the ball, and go down with a whimper, Celtic had 30 good mins in 1st half, you could then see Killie getting on top, I don’t know what Rodgers said at half time but the 2nd half did not see Celtic players on the pitch, just a bunch of losers.
Yes great big sour grapes from me.
Well Done Killie.
Totally agree Davie. Everytime we lose, someone brings up a VAR/Ref decision. We have benefitted greatly from VAR since it came in. No excuses whatsoever for that performance.