Former top referee Dermot Gallagher defends the decision to award a penalty in Rangers' last-gasp win over Hearts, stating that it would have been difficult not to give a penalty after reviewing the incident on the VAR monitor.
Former top referee Dermot Gallagher insists it would have been “hard not to give a penalty” after John Beaton was invited to take a look at Peter Haring’s shirt pull on Connor Goldson on the monitor in Rangers ’ dramatic last-gasp win over Hearts at Ibrox.
James Tavernier hit the post on the first occasion but made no mistake second time around before Danilo scored a late header to seal all three points. Hearts boss Steven Naismith was furious, claiming there had been an earlier foul missed before Haring’s tug of the shirt but Gallagher, speaking on Sky Sports Ref Watch, said of the VAR intervention: “Sees a pull of the shirt, holds on to it. Alerts the referee, the referee goes and looks and gives a penalty.
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