The KMI panel have released their latest decisions from the Premiership last weekend.
Daizen Maeda and Celtic SHOULD have been awarded a penalty at Motherwell, but the verdict was not unanimous.
The KMI Panel outcomes have released their latest decisions from last weekend’s top flight fixtures, and after a ‘lengthy’ discussion about the incident involving the Hoops attacker and Stephen O’Donnell, they have reached the majority decision that a spot-kick should have been awarded to Brendan Rodgers’ side because the incident occurred BEFORE the handball. They point out that while the goal was rightfully ruled out due to the offence, match official David Dickinson should have sounded his whistle for a foul.
They then argue that Alan Muir on VAR and his deputy Gary Hilland should have sent the whistler to the monitor for a second look after originally declining to award Celtic a penalty for the incident.
Looking at the incident in terms of a goal, the SFA team stated: “The panel determined that this was the correct intervention for a handball that resulted in a goal. The panel acknowledged that this was a difficult occurrence for the Referee to spot, but they also concluded that the Assistant Referee should have identified this offence on the pitch.”
It goes on: “After a lengthy discussion on the incident, the majority (4:1) of the panel deemed this should have first been identified as a foul by the on-field referee and an on-field review should have been recommended by the VAR when the penalty was not awarded.”
“Because the goal was properly ruled out for handball, the majority of the panel (4:1) believed the penalty kick should have been granted because the offence happened before the handball. One panel member believed the decision not to award the penalty kick was correct and that no further action was required.
“The panel also noted that, in line with VAR protocol, VAR could not advise on any sanction for the offending player during a potential OFR, which must be decided by the on-field referee.”
In Dingwall, Joe Wright was first given his marching orders against Ross County, but following a VAR intervention, it was downgraded to yellow. The SFA stated that the original red card displayed was incorrect, and that the referee may have been incorrectly advised by the assistant referee. However, they totally supported the decision to overturn the red after an on-field review.
“Because the goal was properly ruled out for handball, the majority of the panel (4:1) believed the penalty kick should have been granted because the offence happened before the handball. One panel member believed the decision not to award the penalty kick was correct and that no further action was required.
“The panel also noted that, in line with VAR protocol, VAR could not advise on any sanction for the offending player during a potential OFR, which must be decided by the on-field referee.”
In Dingwall, Joe Wright was first given his marching orders against Ross County, but following a VAR intervention, it was downgraded to yellow. The SFA stated that the first red card displayed was inaccurate, and that the referee may have been incorrectly briefed by the assistant referee. However, they totally supported the decision to overturn the red after an on-field review.
Aberdeen were given a last-gasp penalty during their win over Dundee United at Pittodrie, but the judgement was overruled. They feel that was a good usage of VAR because the offside was extremely close to being called. They do, however, state that a penalty would have been the correct outcome if the player had not been offside.
Meanwhile, the five-man panel agreed that Connor Barron was appropriately not red carded at Ibrox. Pundits and former referees such as Bobby Madden debated a flashpoint involving the midfielder and Toyosi Olusanya following Rangers’ victory against St Mirren.
Madden dismissed the concept that the player should have been sent off for the incident, and the SFA team agreed with him and match official Calum Scott. They additionally stated: “The panel agreed the incident shouldn’t have resulted in a red card, however did agree that a caution for the offending player could be supported.”
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