Two moments between Kilmarnock vs Rangers sparked VAR anger last night.
Barry Ferguson claimed a victory in his first game as interim head coach of the Scottish Premiership giants.
Rangers recovered from two goals down to secure a comfortable 4-2 win at Rugby Park.
Vaclav Cerny got the visitors back into the contest on 35 minutes, after what had been a show of dominance by Killie, who raced into an early 2-0 lead thanks to a Joe Wright header and a stunner from Brad Lyons.
Into the second half, Rangers capitalised on a collapse from the hosts, as Cyriel Dessers scored in front of the away end twice, before Nedim Bajrami some gloss to the scoreline late on.
Derek McInnes called out referee 'madness' during his post-match interview with Sky Sports as the Killie boss highlighted that Rangers should NOT have been awarded a corner in the lead-up to their equaliser.
He said: "I know the second goal comes from a set play but it's not a corner.
"Don Robertson is 10 yards from it and he actually gives the goal kick and I think his linesman has overruled him from 30 yards away which is madness and given them a corner.
"We have still got to defend the corner but it's not a corner in the first place, which is poor.
"I think that was an all-important goal in terms of giving them plenty of encouragement in the second half. From then on in it was difficult, Rangers' tails were up."
However, it was two other moments in the game that seem to have provoked the biggest reaction from fans online.
More blatant bias why no foul for the Rangers player stopping the Killie player getting to the ball Why no replay or mention of it from biased sky as well pic.twitter.com/splYpmgsYU
— AberdeenRed 🏴⭐️⭐️ (@StandFreeDon) February 26, 2025
Sticking with the aforementioned controversial corner kick incident, footage of the goal highlights Hamza Igamane impeding Lewis Mayo by running him over Kieran O'Hara's goalline.
The Killie defender could be seen trying to escape Igamane's grapple but appeared to have little complaints as Dessers' header hit the net, which perhaps indicates that he knew he should've been stronger and stood his ground.
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The other unseen flashpoint came earlier in the encounter, just before Killie scored their second goal on 15 minutes.
Kyle Magennis and Mohamed Diomande were engrossed in a physical battle near the dugouts when the ball appeared to hit the arm of the former.
This has to be called out while we win. We have to demand foreign refs first game of next season. Not the first old firm, the first GAME. Constantly the same ones like Robertson/Clancy going completely unchallenged on another night it costs points and they add up over a season. pic.twitter.com/8dgutBwAmn
— sec557🟥⬜🟦🇬🇧 (@MMcculloch2563) February 26, 2025
The Killie midfielder then clipped the ball up the line before Bobby Wales flicked it on to Marley Watkins. Eventually, Lyons broke with the ball and scored beyond Jack Butland.
VAR checked this goal for both the handball AND a potential offside against Watkins. It was awarded after a short check.
Some Rangers fans were unhappy about the situation despite the win, insisting it had to be called out regardless of the result.
However, as stated in the IFAB laws, the goal was correct to stand.
The IFAB correspondence explained the change in a statement: "Accidental handball that leads to a team-mate scoring a goal or having a goal-scoring opportunity will no longer be considered an offence."
