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Controversial VAR Call Sets Up CelticHearts Title Decider

A draw will give Hearts the title from a one-point lead.

Overview

  • Celtic beat Motherwell 3-2 on Wednesday after a VAR-reviewed handball led to a stoppage-time penalty that Kelechi Iheanacho converted.
  • Hearts stayed top by beating Falkirk 3-0 the same night, so they visit Celtic Park on Saturday at 13:30 one point ahead.
  • Referee John Beaton awarded the penalty after reviewing Sam Nicholson’s challenge, which involved contact from Auston Trusty before the ball struck Nicholson’s hand.
  • Hearts manager Derek McInnes called the decision “disgusting” and said his team felt they were fighting “against everyone.”
  • If Hearts avoid defeat, they would seal their first league crown since 1960 and become the first non-Glasgow champions since Aberdeen in 1985.