Celtic didn’t even play in the Premiership over the weekend, but they were still in the minds of the opposition.
On Saturday, the sole Premiership encounter took place at Dens Park, with Livingston suffering a late 3-2 defeat to Dundee.
Just like Celtic’s win over Kilmarnock the week before, the game was won in stoppage time, but this time, it was the home team putting away the penalty.
Nonetheless, after the match, Livi boss David Martindale couldn’t contain himself, and, of course, he gave the mighty Celtic a mention.
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David Martindale on ‘Celtic benefit’ after raging about VAR after Livingston lose at Dundee
Martindale was unhappy with the awarding of the penalty, with VAR checking the call, and then going ahead with the spot-kick.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Martindale stated, ‘this can’t keep happening’, including how such a call ‘affected’ him this week, but it was ‘somebody else last week.’
That’s when the Livi boss proceeded to mention how teams like Celtic have ‘benefited’, and how it ‘can’t keep happening.’
“I said to the referee after the game, ‘you better hope you have got that right,'” said Martindale. “This can’t keep happening. It can’t.
“It’s me that it has affected this week. It was somebody else last week. Rangers, Kilmarnock, Celtic benefit. Hearts benefit. It can’t keep happening.
“We are paying millions of pounds for people to make decisions using footage, and we seem to still be getting it wrong.”
That Celtic penalty against Kilmarnock…
Of course, Kelechi Iheanacho’s stoppage-time penalty at Rugby Park got a mention, with it proving to be a major talking point after the match.
Martindale proceeded to list a whole host of wrong calls that have been made recently, including how ‘Kilmarnock shouldn’t have had a penalty against them.’
“I sit in the house and I am watching it back, and I am going, ‘oh, maybe you are allowed to handball it there when it’s not meant with Shankland and stuff like that’, because you are coming up with explanations as to why it was allowed.
“Then they come out later on in the week and say, ‘no, it shouldn’t have been a goal, that shouldn’t have been a penalty. Rangers’ goal should have stood. Shankland’s goal shouldn’t have stood. Kilmarnock shouldn’t have had a penalty against them.’
“It’s really hard sitting here as a manager, that’s the frustrating aspect.”
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