Scotland were denied a "very clear penalty" in their World Cup loss to Morocco, according to a former referee.
Ex-whistler Christina Unkel has stated Scott McTominay was fouled by Neil El Aynaoui in the 1-0 loss in Boston.
The Scotland midfielder went down in the box under pressure from the Morocco midfielder, with contact occurring on McTominay's lower leg.
But referee Ilgiz Tantashev was not interested in the appeals as he waved away the claims for a spot-kick. The VAR official did not intervene.
Unkel, speaking on ITV as a refereeing expert, explained: "The first thing you are looking for as a VAR is if there is any touch on that ball, and the answer is no.
"We saw that second replay there, that was exactly what I was looking for, there was no contact on the ball whatsoever.
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"There is a trip up coming from behind that does contact his left lower leg. For this I do think this is a missed incident for VAR to not recommend that for a penalty and the referee to not make the decision on the field for penalty.
"I know this referee is calling a more physical game, but this is a very clear penalty."
Pundit Roy Keane did not believe there was enough contact for a penalty.
He said: "I don't think it is a penalty, simple as that.
"I think he is looking to go down."
Duncan Ferguson stated: "It was a penalty. There was a big touch and McTominay goes down.
