Tynecastle Fallout Continues For Celtic

Tynecastle Fallout Continues For Celtic | Yang And Rodgers In The Dock

It’s simple to point the finger at other people when things don’t go your way.
However, excuse culture is generally not a good look.

But after what happened at Tynecastle on Sunday, most football fans—not just those who support Celtic—would have to agree that Celtic undoubtedly had a raw deal in the 2-0 loss to Hearts.
To begin with, I will concede that our early penalty award, which Adam Idah later missed, did indeed fall into the “soft” category.
Having said that, there is no way around it. Thus, a penalty is a penalty is a penalty, light or not.
Is it, though? Later on, more on that!

Observing red
Shortly after the penalty, Miss Yang receives a red card for a high boot that is inspired by VAR.
The South Korean player was given a yellow card by on-field referee Don Robertson, who at first appeared to be in complete control of the situation.
But Yang’s senior colleague John Beaton had other ideas, and in only sixteen minutes, his afternoon was done.
After appealing that ruling, Celtic is at Hampden Park this afternoon (Tuesday), and we’re all waiting impatiently to see how the higher authorities will classify the event as “serious foul play.”

Penalty Puzzler
However, the penalty that Hearts received shortly before halftime for a handball incident involving Tomoki Iwata must be the main source of concern at Tynecastle.
Not a single player on that field, not even in the faintest, requested a penalty.
Only one individual in the stadium, it appears, thought otherwise.
How could a ball that drops from the sky and hits a player’s elbow while he’s looking the other way (!) be called a spot-kick?
particularly in light of the information that numerous instances akin to this one from just this season have not produced any such thing.

It only takes the statements of Steven Naismith, Laurence Shankland, and even our old friend Kris Boyd to prove how absurd the VAR team’s call was in the match versus Celtic.
After the final whistle, Brendan Rodgers was obviously furious, and now he has to travel to Hampden because the SFA is going to discipline the manager for his remarks.
Idah’s penalty effort is only one example of a few things that Celtic could have done better during the game, but that shouldn’t cloud anyone’s judgment over a few crucial calls that greatly affected Hearts’ ability to win.

Despite all mentioned above, Celtic ended themselves virtually in the same position as they had been before the weekend’s games.
Brendan Rodgers and his team are in complete control of their own fate with nine games left, two of which are against the Rangers. They now need to get over the events that transpired in the capital and turn their attention to the upcoming task.
It remains to be seen if Yang and the manager will be there for the upcoming games.

Celtic’s only option in the interim is to keep writing their own tale, and that will be the theme at Lennoxtown this week and moving forward.

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