Steven Naismith has expressed his frustration with referee John Beaton and VAR Alan Muir for awarding Rangers a penalty in Hearts' 2-1 defeat at Ibrox. Naismith argues that there was an infringement before the shirt pull that renders the penalty decision irrelevant.
Steven Naismith has blasted referee John Beaton and VAR Alan Muir for awarding Rangers a penalty late on in Hearts ' 2-1 defeat at Ibrox .
And once Beaton saw the video monitor he quickly pointed to the spot giving Rangers a way back into the game at 1-0 to the Edinburgh side. He told the BBC:"The penalty is the defining moment in the game. It's not a penalty. The VAR is here to stop things happening. Throughout the whole game, we highlighted there was clear blocking going on in the box where the players were not interested in the ball. They are looking at our men, blocking our players when I was then told if that happens and they score from it I was then told it would be brought back and given as a foul.
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