Armenia defender launches bottle towards linesman in Scotland defeat

Armenia defender Arman Hovhannisyan somehow avoided a red card during their 2-0 defeat against Scotland despite launching a water bottle towards a linesman.

Anthony Ralston fired Scotland in front at Hampden Park by heading home from Stuart Armstrong's cross after 28 minutes, before Scott McKenna produced a header of his own 12 minutes later to double their lead.

And before the interval McKenna almost made it 3-0 for the hosts when he swept the ball into an empty net, much to the frustration of Armenia players.

The visitors were left protesting what they clearly felt was an offside, yet referee Sebastian Gishamer and his fellow officials initially ignored their complaints.

This was when Hovhannisyan appeared to pick up a bottle on the byline and lob it towards one of the linesmen in fury at the decision to award the goal.

In the end, consultation with VAR showed that McKenna was in fact marginally offside when converting what he felt was his second and Scotland's third of the evening.

Despite the video technology being in use, though, Hovhannisyan escaped punishment for his bottle throw in the direction of a linesman - not even picking up a yellow card over the incident.

❌ "He's a lucky boy to be on the pitch."

The frustration was evident for the Armenian players as a bottle seemingly gets thrown in the direction of the linesmen!