Clement Hits out at VAR Official After Controversial Penalty Call

Philippe Clement criticised video assistant Alan Muir for stopping working to send out referee John Beaton to the pitchside monitor to review a charge claim for Rangers during an in the Premier Sports Cup last.

Speaking after his side lost on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw, Clement declared Rangers need to have had a spot-kick when Liam Scales drew back Vaclav Cerny 3 minutes into extra-time.

Video images showed that the pull continued into the charge area, with previous referee Bobby Madden taking to social networks to claim that it was ‘100 per cent a penalty kick’ before revealing wonder that the VAR authorities stopped working to recommend another look.

It was a view echoed by the Rangers boss after he became the very first supervisor in the post-war period to go 6 Old Firm games without a win. Clement declared his side deserved more than another heartbreaking defeat to their earliest competitors.

‘Football can be fantastic excellent and fantastic enjoyable. It can be very vicious. This was an actually cruel one,’ said the Belgian. ‘I think my group should have more today, creating more opportunities than the challenger.

‘Coming back in an excellent way and losing with penalties at the end, it stays a casino video game at that moment. But also, I do not know if you saw the images back, but my phone is strained with the penalty scenario with Cerny.

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‘I get numerous messages now about that. That’s also a truly decisive minute in the video game.’

Asked if he had spoken to Beaton after, Clement discharged the match referee of any blame.

‘Obviously, (the referee) can not see that minute,’ he stated.

‘But he didn’t get the interaction from the VAR to come to see the screen, which for me is an actually unusual situation.

‘I didn’t see it at the time since I still have rather great eyes, however even then I can not see that much range if the foot is outdoors or inside or on the line.

‘But my phone has plenty of messages from everyone. I do not understand, but these are things I can not manage.

‘I know that all of you like to dig deep into things. So perhaps it’s also a very essential minute to go into that, about why there’s no communication because moment about a big decision like that, because it’s clear for everyone it’s a game-decisive decision.’

The shootout defeat was painful for Rangers after they led at half-time through Nedim Bajrami, fell behind early in the 2nd half then pegged Celtic back two times through strikes from Mohamed Diomande and substitute Danilo.

Proud of his team’s powers of resilience and endurance after a Thursday-night clash with Tottenham Hotspur, Clement claimed they should have more than another anguished defeat.

‘That’s why I would not like to be here to speak about the penalty due to the fact that I wish to speak about the team, what they did today, how brave they wanted a big European night on Thursday, offering a lot versus Tottenham,’ he stated.

‘2 days less healing and revealing the physical level they showed today. Also the team spirit, the mindset, but likewise excellent football. I believe it was a truly good video game for Scottish football, this last, from both sides.

‘And that everyone only can be happy about that, but naturally you desire to win that trophy. But we had to do then a lot of things extra to get it to our side, if you do not get a charge like that …’

Celtic defender Scales declares it never ever entered his mind that he ‘d be punished with the award of a charge kick.

‘I haven’t seen it back so I don’t know how close to the line I am or whatever,’ stated the protector. ‘It didn’t appear to be delayed to go to VAR. I understood I fouled him, I knew it was a yellow card for the deal with but it didn’t even enter into my head that it was a penalty.

‘I believed it was on the edge of the box. I ‘d need to enjoy it back.’

Clement declined to attribute any blame to Ridvan Yilmaz after the alternative left-back had his strike remarkably conserved by Kasper Schmeichel to change the course of the charge shootout, Celtic scoring all five kicks.

‘I consulted with him,’ the Belgian said. ‘There are a great deal of big names in football who are big stars in world football, who missed out on penalties or perhaps didn’t put the ball on target. So he took his responsibility.

‘We have actually been practicing the penalties all season. He did truly well in that method, in the trainings. So it belongs to football and I’m proud of guys who take responsibility in those minutes.

‘That’s part of being a footballer.

‘We’re on the incorrect end today but it’s about digging in, keep on working what they have actually been doing and like this to progress and better the next number of months.’