Willie Collum tells Rangers boss Philippe Clement the Hibs penalty that infuriated him was spot on

Willie Collum insists VAR was right not to intervene in the Hibs penalty award which infuriated Rangers boss Philippe Clement in this month's thrilling 3-3 draw in Leith.

The Easter Road flashpoint saw Josh Campbell go down in the box in a challenge with Ianis Hagi with ref John Beaton pointing to the spot. Martin Boyle rifled home the spot kick to make it 2-2. But Clement fumed afterwards insisting he would be keen to see what the Key Match Incident panel would have to say about the incident.

The Ibrox boss demanded an explanation from Beaton after the match and said: "For me, it's never a penalty. It's from both sides a collision and nothing more. You can give it two ways so you don't give a penalty in that situation."

The KMI supported the on-field decision. And now SFA refs chief Collum has backed Beaton and the VAR team too - but said they would also have backed a decision to play on. Speaking on the SFA’s monthly VAR Review show he said: “There are loads of elements in this decision to consider. A variety of camera angles as well. The referee is well positioned. He's very decisive on the field. He gives a clear explanation to the VAR.

“This is a very subjective decision. If you look at this you could give reasons why it's a penalty. The upper body contact coming in. The Hibs player's ahead at that point. The Rangers player doesn't touch a ball.

“Then if you look at the ground level, was there contact for the Hibs player onto the Rangers player? Is that caused by the upper body contact? There's loads of different things to consider here.

“What we would say, it’s subjective. Referee awards a penalty here. There's nothing to bring the referee to the monitor here to overturn that.

“If the referee decided to play on