Former Premier League referee Demot Gallagher has issued his verdict on Celtic's disallowed goal against Kilmarnock on Sunday. The Bhoys won 1-0 thanks to Liam Scales' first-half goal, but before the goal, the Bhoys had the ball in the net through Kasper Hogh.
Hogh looked to have ended his long goal drought, but VAR spotted a foul in the build-up which ensured that his drought stretched past three months.
Celtic Mika Baur reached in to make a standing tackle, and it was adjudged that he got too much of his man. Some felt the foul was soft, but according to former referee Gallagher, that wasn't the case.
He said on Sky Sports' Ref Watch: “Once you go back and see that, it’s always going to be disallowed because it’s a foul. You go back, you can’t unsee it."
Kilmarnock were insistent that it was a foul from the moment it happened, It's certainly a debatable one, given Baur appears to get some of the ball, but in the modern game, it's going to be given as a foul by VAR.
The on-field referee didn't see enough, but VAR didn't like what it saw, and the Bhoys knew they were in trouble when the review was ordered.
It was a crushing blow for Hogh, who celebrated his goal like a man who hadn't scored for three months, but he then saw it chalked off, and he couldn't find another in the game.
Frustratingly for the Dane, he was lying in wait as Camilo Durán's excellent cross floated into the box, but it was Scales who managed to get his foot to it and turn the ball home.
It appears as though Hogh is going to need a little luck from somewhere, espeially with his finishing not in a good place currently.
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