Former Rangers defender Dave Mackinnon has blamed VAR for the 'art' of the slide tackle being lost to Scottish football.
Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal jumps out of a slide tackle in a League Cup game against Ross County in 2011IF Hawk-Eye goal-line technology or VAR had existed when Dave Mackinnon played for Rangers back in the 1980s then he would be able to proudly state today that he once scored in an Old Firm game.
“It was definitely over the line, about a yard over the line. Everybody came running up to me afterwards to congratulate me because it was that unusual for me to score. Nothing, though, could be further from the truth. The former right back feels the involvement of modern technology in the decision-making process has made football in general and Scottish football in particular far less physical than it used to be. And he does not think that is necessarily a positive development.
“Whenever you played in Europe you always had to make sure that you raised the crowd. If you slid in and won the ball it really did that, it lifted atmosphere inside a ground.” The goal that Mackinnon scored against Celtic – but which was given to Fraser – at Ibrox in that classic Old Firm showdown in 1986 put Rangers 4-3 ahead and sent the home supporters in the 41,006-strong crowd wild.
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