Michael Stewart’s verdict on Celtic’s disallowed goal vs Kilmarnock amid fan VAR chatter

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Celtic absolutely battered Kilmarnock at the weekend as Brendan Rodgers sits one game away from retaining the title.

The Celtic manager was close to being crowned the Scottish Premiership champion again yesterday after Aberdeen looked like they were about to beat Rangers again this season.

However, a late Pittodrie equaliser delayed the title party despite Celtic hammering Kilmarnock 5-1 24 hours earlier.

However, the scoreline could have been even greater if Celtic had not had a goal disallowed for an Adam Idah offside when Celtic were 4-1 up in the first half.

With Celtic fans questioning the VAR decision on social media, Michael Stewart has delivered his verdict on the call and it might not go down well with many of the Parkhead support.

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Michael Stewart on ‘very tight’ Celtic VAR call vs Kilmarnock

Speaking at half time, Stewart believes that VAR got the offside decision correct, and it is a view that may not be agreed with by many Celtic supporters.

Stewart told BBC Radio Scotland, “It’s quite incredible [Celtic’s performance]. I was just saying to Stephen there during the game when Celtic are like that, the pace that they play with, there’s nobody that can live with them.

“And Brendan Rodgers will be absolutely over the moon because he has well and truly got a reaction there.

“The only solace for Kilmarnock is that it is four and not five because it was very, very tight [the offside decision].

“It was the right call, but it was very, very tight and could easily have been five. In fact, it could easily have been more.”

Celtic fans question VAR call vs Kilmarnock

Celtic fans were not best pleased with the call to chalk off the goal, with many on social media sharing images of the lines drawn by the video referee.

Many Celtic supporters claim that the ball had already left Arne Engels’ foot before the image was drawn, which meant that Idah was onside at the time the ball was played.

In the interests of balance, there were, of course, Celtic supporters who also thought the decision was correct.

At the end of the day, the decision didn’t really matter as Celtic were comfortable winners, but what this decision has done is that even with the benefit of looking back at tight calls again, it seems that VAR is still causing division when there should be clarity.