Celtic hero claims Rangers penalty shout 'quickly brushed aside' as he tells fans how VAR really works

Mark Wilson claims Rangers’ penalty claim was “brushed aside very quickly” after being given a ringside view of the VAR monitor - as fellow former Celtic hero Peter Grant hit out at selective criticism of those inside Clydesdale House.

Wilson was at Hampden Park on Sunday for the Premier Sports Cup final and has no doubt that the Ibrox side should have been aware a spot kick for Liam Scales’ tug on Vaclav Cerny on the edge of the penalty box. The former full back, who spent six years at Parkhead, doesn’t even think it needed to go to the monitor - insisting John Beaton would have awarded the penalty. But he was baffled at the speed of which the incident was dismissed, with the SFA set to hold their hands up to a blunder by VAR duo Alan Muir and Frank O’Connor - and the pair axed from duty this week.

There are at least six television cameras at each game but VAR officials are able to use more footage and angles from broadcast partners at live televised matches, with Premier Sports beaming Sunday’s game live.

The VAR and his assistant watch the game live, but also have a monitor on a three-second delay for doing a quick "silent check". If it's clear there has been no mistake made, the match will continue. However, if it requires further attention, the VAR will hit a big red button - more on the big green button later, too - and the referee will be told to delay the restart while the VAR looks at it further.

Wilson was sitting behind his old boss Neil Lennon and ex rival Alan Hutton who were on duty and described the chain of events. He told the Open Goal podcast: “Where we were sitting, we had the screen in front of us. So it's delayed by about three seconds. So we look right away, but the replay seemed so quick. We've