The Scottish FA's key match incident review panel identified a missed penalty opportunity for Rangers against St Johnstone as the VAR mistake from last weekend's fixtures. While the panel agreed with VAR's decision to upgrade Ianis Hagi's yellow card to a red, it suggested officials should have recognized the challenge's severity.
A penalty denied to Rangers against St Johnstone was the only VAR mistake highlighted by the Scottish FA's key match incident review panel for last weekend's Scottish Premiership fixtures.The panel suggested St Johnstone defender Aaron Essel should have been penalised for a "prolonged shirt pull" that impeded Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers' "movement towards the ball".
Referee David Dickinson did not give a foul and four of the five panellists suggested VAR was incorrect not to intervene duringThe panel, however, agreed with VAR's decision to upgrade Ianis Hagi's yellow card to a red for the Rangers midfielder's challenge on opposition forward Adama Sidibeh in the same match - and suggested that the onfield officials ought to have identified the seriousness of the challenge.
When Ronan Hale's spot-kick was saved by Kasper Schmeichel, there was no signal from the assistant referee for the Celtic goalkeeper being off his line.
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