Former English Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher believes that Hearts stopper Craig Gordon 'could not have argued an excessive amount of' had Scott Arfield's objective counted for Rangers at Tynecastle on Saturday lunchtime.
A brace from Antonio Colak preceded additional additions from the returning Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent - with the latter bagging his first objective of 2022 - as followers noticed Rangers run riot in Gorgie towards Robbie Neilson's 10-men who struggled from the get go.
It may have been three on the interval following Colak's brilliance as Arfield tapped the ball into an empty web after Gordon had parried a Borna Barisic cross straight into his path with the objective gaping. Nevertheless the previous Burnley man's celebrations had been minimize brief after Gordon was adjudged to have been fouled by new signing Rabbi Matondo within the build-up; and Gallagher believes it was the mistaken choice with the Scotland No. 1 already committing to the problem.
"Nicely Craig Gordon will say that he is fouled, he is gone to punch the ball and he is collided with a participant," Gallagher mentioned on Sky Sports activities.
"It is inevitable there shall be a collision. If the referee had given a objective then I do not suppose Craig Gordon may have argued an excessive amount of."
Gallagher additionally spoke about Celtic star Callum McGregor's problem on Motherwell teenager Ross Tierney within the dying embers of their conflict at Parkhead on Saturday afternoon. A stray ball from Japanese hero Reo Hatate unintentionally set the Irishman by means of on objective earlier than he was tugged again by the Hoops captain.
There was a lot debate as as to if Stephen Welsh would have been in a position to cowl the skipper, but Gallagher believes that had McGregor not halted the 21-year-old, Celtic would have dropped factors for the fourth consecutive recreation.
"In case you present this and present when Callum tugs him again, the full-back on the far facet will not get there," he added. There's numerous distance between them. Watch the move from Hatate...there's the foul," he added. All he [Tierney] has acquired to do is go on yet another yard and chip Joe Hart. He is probably not being lined."