Scottish FA head of referee operations Willie Collum has highlighted three errors made by officers throughout Premiership and Scottish Cup matches throughout January and the beginning of February.
Talking on the Scottish FA’s VAR Review Show, external, Collum mentioned Hearts ought to have had a objective disallowed for offside throughout their 3-2 victory over Kilmarnock final month, and St Mirren ought to have been awarded a penalty in final week’s defeat by St Johnstone.
He additionally mentioned Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande mustn’t have been despatched off throughout the Ibrox facet’s 3-1 win over Dundee United in January.
Rangers efficiently appealed towards Diomande’s dismissal, which got here after referee Nick Walsh caught along with his unique determination regardless of a VAR evaluation.
Nevertheless, Collum believes the choice to award Kilmarnock a controversial profitable objective towards Dundee United was the right one.
Marley Watkins challenged with United goalkeeper Jack Walton within the air to move dwelling and the objective was given following a VAR evaluation.
The Tannadice membership contacted the SFA after the sport to say they really feel VAR continues to result in “inconsistent interpretations” of the legal guidelines of the sport.
“We help the choice,” Collum mentioned. “There’s not sufficient right here for a foul on the goalkeeper.
“The Kilmarnock participant makes inevitable contact with the Dundee Utd goalkeeper and it isn’t sufficient to be unlawful contact. We imagine the objective was proper to face.”
St Mirren additionally contacted the SFA on the weekend after a name to not award a penalty for a foul on Elvis Bwomono.
Referee Dan McFarlane mentioned on the time that there was “minimal contact if any”, and VAR Alan Muir agreed, opting to not ship McFarlane to the pitchside monitor.
Collum concedes that the match officers arrived on the fallacious conclusion.
“This isn’t a standard footballing contact,” he mentioned. “The defender goes to play the ball and journeys up the attacker. This can be a penalty kick.”