Celtic fans simply cannot believe what former SFA ref has said about Kyogo’s penalty claim

Celtic’s 3-0 win over Livingston took the team back to the top of the league ahead of the Glasgow Derby on Sunday.

The Ibrox game has the potential of having a big day in who wins the league and Brendan Rodgers will be confident of going to Govan and pulling off another win.

The 1-0 win at Ibrox at the start of the season was a huge victory for the Celtic manager who went to Glasgow’s south side minus Cameron Carter-Vickers and Reo Hatate.

But the win was overshadowed by a yet another refereeing mistake that saw Kyogo Furuhashi be denied a stonewall penalty.

The Celtic striker was taken out by Mikey Devlin but match ref Don Robertson and VAR man Alan Muir said there was nothing to see here.

The decision outraged the Celtic fans and they were not impressed with what former referee Des Roache’s Behind The Whistles X account tweeted out about it.

On yesterday’s Podcast. Our views on the Kyogo call at Livingston had a lot of similarities. Both Kyogo & Gordon are fast quick thinkers. both incidents they put their feet in to an existing motion. Football is a contact sport. We don’t feel either merited a penalty. But 1/2 https://t.co/zBr4RsCZWO

— Behind The Whistles (@behindtwpod) April 1, 2024

Yeah, football is a contact sport as long as the contact is with the ball and not from behind on the opposition players’ knee!!

To be honest, this is not surprising. The referees in Scotland’s standards are shockingly poor and it seems they completely align with referees from the past and these Celtic fans weren’t having any of it:

Not sure I agree with you guys here Kyogo is taken from the back and the defender makes no contact with the ball it’s a penalty

— John Trainer (@jct62) April 1, 2024

Kyogo is attempting to plant feet to control ball, Devlin isn't in front of kyogo so coming too close and then into him with knee, surely that's a foul and not 'a contact sport' type of comment… And no I'm not just saying this as a Celtic fan, I can't see how it's not a pen?

— Michael B (@tyroneceltic) April 1, 2024

😂 why are you posting lies? Kyogo is going to control the ball with his right foot back to goal. Gordon is just trying to get his leg in the way and win a pen. They are nothing alike.

— Steven Whyte (@SWhyte112) April 1, 2024

Yep don’t get to the ball first I’m sure every coach I’ve ever had stressed that. WTF, Kyogo gets to the ball first and the defender goes through him. Kyogo’s quick movement gets him in a better position, as unfortunate as it is, it is still a penalty.

— magee (@Bhoys4life) April 1, 2024

Kyogo had already controlled the ball…..what planet are you all on 😄 🤣 the contact was after he controlled the ball which he "jumped" to reach.

— Viva La Quinta Abada (@Che_Ntcham) April 1, 2024