Postecoglou expresses VAR frustrations

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou expressed major frustration with the implementation of VAR following a dramatic 4-2 win over Dundee United as he claimed technology was changing the game and disrupting entertainment.

United scored their first of two equalisers from a VAR-assisted penalty and the Australian was baffled over how long it took to look at other incidents including Sead Haksabanovic's second goal and Liel Abada’s stoppage-time effort, which was checked for offside.

"I don’t think people fell in love with football just to be sitting around waiting for someone in a building miles away to decide outcomes," Postecoglou said.

"They do not need to take that long. If they have seven camera angles it seems like they want to look at every one. I know it’s early doors and it’s a new toy that everyone wants to use but you can’t be disrupting games like this."

Steven Fletcher cancelled out Haksabanovic’s early tap-in from the spot after Alexandro Bernabei was booked for handball, after referee David Dickinson reviewed footage of the United striker’s header hitting him on the arm after he jumped for a header.

"It seems like any time the ball touches your hand in the box – apart from when you are playing Hearts away – it’s a penalty," Postecoglou said.

"So if that’s the case, they could have seen that in the first screen that it hit Berna’s arm. But why take so long?

"His arm is in, I think, a natural position when you go up for a header. He is not even looking at it and it’s a yellow card. It’s the reason I took him off at half-time, I had no faith that I could keep him on because anything could come across.

"This is not me having a rant about VAR. I have no issue with VAR, I just have an issue with how it’s being used. It’s