4 big Celtic VAR decisions under review as IFAB provide Hatate flooring intrigue and Palma uncertainty cleared

It ended with a major gut-punch and Celtic have been left licking their wounds from more Champions League pain.

Kyogo's first goal on Europe's biggest club stage set Parkhead alight but a leveller from Matias Vecino and Pedro's 95th-minute header broke their hearts during a 2-1 loss. It's a bitter pill to swallow after opening their Group E campaign with a 2-0 defeat away at Feyenoord and now they head into a double-header with La Liga heavyweights Atletico Madrid on zero points.

VAR has been put under a global microscope this week after the farce south of the border around Luis Diaz's wrongly disallowed goal during Liverpool's defeat to Tottenham. It means even more scrutiny than usual upon whistlers and match official Donatas Rumsas was a man drawing some ire for decisions made in Celtic's gutting loss. Record Sport takes a look at four of them that occurred in Glasgow's East End.

Certainly the most contentious of the lot. Reo Hatate challenged with Lazio's Elseid Hysaj, when a flailing arm caught the Japanese midfielder in the face. The incident was not put under a laborious VAR check but ex-referee Steve Conroy and a handful of pundits were adamant it was a red card offence. The range of offences a referee can send someone off for includes violent conduct and Conroy told BettingSites: "The oversight of a clear red card offence, unfortunately, slipped past both the on-field and VAR teams. There is no mitigation for this instance."

IFAB's violent conduct description makes for interesting reading. It explains: "Violent conduct is when a player uses or attempts to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball, or against a team-mate, team official, match official, spectator