The panel did, however, conclude that the proper decision was made to disallow a Celtic goal in their 1-0 midweek win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie, when Paulo Bernardo’s corner kick floated straight into the net after Daizen Meada was punished for a foul on custodian Ross Doohan. “The on-field decision was unanimously supported,” the report stated. “The panel highlighted that the whistle had been blown before the ball entered the goal making it impossible for VAR to intervene.”

The Key Match Incident panel, which consists of five Scottish football experts, meets every week to review important occurrences from the previous weekend’s matches before voting on whether the on-field judgement and any following VAR interventions were correct. The most recent assessment, published on Friday, December 6, included the matches that took place over the weekend of Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1, as well as the midweek card on Wednesday, December 4. It discovered two big faults in Dundee United’s encounter against St Mirren on Saturday. First, the decision not to propose a VAR review of Dundee United custodian Jack Walton’s challenge on St Mirren’s Toyosi Olusanya was found erroneous. Referee Matthew MacDermid awarded a yellow card but the panel felt that the tackle merited a red. The report read: “The panel discussed this decision at length with the majority (4:1) deeming the onfield decision incorrect. The majority (4:1) believed VAR should have intervened to recommend an OFR review for a red card as the challenge endangered the safety of an opponent. One panelist believed that a yellow card was sufficient and VAR was correct not to intervene.”