Ex-English Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has explained why Kevin Nisbet's goal against Rangers on Sunday was disallowed.
The Aberdeen centre-forward looked to have put his side 3-1 up with less than 10 minutes to go before it was soon ruled out.
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The ball appeared to strike the 28-year-old's arm as he controlled it, however, and thus, VAR intervened.
Gallagher explained why the goal was chalked off on Sky Sports News' Ref Watch segment.
He said: "It's amazing to me that a few years ago when an Arsenal player scored at Burnley, and it went in off his arm, everyone was up in arms... Now we've got to the stage where people are saying, 'This wasn't deliberate, it's his elbow'.
"That's the world we live in now. We've decided that we weren't going to have a player, and it [the ball] comes off his arm and goes in the net, and we weren't going to give a goal.
"It's far better than what it was."
Rangers themselves had a goal ruled out in the match as the ball was adjudged to have been out of play in the lead up to Hamza Igamane's strike first-half strike.
"It's a great call from the assistant, considering he's on the other side of the pitch," said Gallagher on the incident.
"It's just out of play. Because it goes in the net, it goes to VAR, and it's just out of play. [It's a] great, great call."
