Goldson has benefited more than most from Beaton’s interpretation of the Laws of the Game, however he uses his arms and hands to control the ball there will be an explanation ‘leaked’ to Sportscene and other media messengers.
John Lundstram is not interested in the ball, all he is doing is looking at our player, and he blocks him, and it gets given as VAR as a penalty.
Was it a foul? Yes. Did VAR get it right? Yes. But should it ever have been looked at in the first place? Give me a break.
Soon after the VAR verdict was delivered Viaplay Sport briefly showed the image used with their commentary team not convinced either way.
Last season Andy Walker gave the game away when he revealed that the Sky Sports commentary team have a live feed to the conversation between the VAR and match referee.
VAR was introduced last October with Celtic the first victims of the Plan B system with a clear penalty denied at Tynecastle when Michael Smith raised his hand to deflect a James Forrest pass.