Former Premier League and FIFA referee Mark Halsey claims Celtic will feel aggrieved at not being awarded a penalty in their dreary 1-0 defeat to Ross County.
Callum McGregor's shot bounced up off Keith Watson's body during the closing stages with several Hoops players appealing with David Munro to award the spot kick.
Celtic's latest dreary domestic showing earned top billing post-match but the Englishman reckons the outgoing Premiership champions had a case as they frantically searched for an equaliser.
Boss Neil Lennon was engulfed with questions about his side's defensive frailties and a looming rebuild to address it but Halsey reckons the Staggies "will be over the moon" that the man in the middle waved play on.
Speaking to This Is Futbol, he said: “What we’ve got to look at was that deliberate act by the Ross County defender? Was that a deliberate act was that a deliberate movement of the arm towards a ball? Was his arm in an unnatural position?
“I think some will say yes, and some will say no. And the on-field referee hasn’t given it, wherever his view was blocked, I think had it been given, I don’t think there’d have been too many complaints. Because his arm was out, wasn’t it?
“I mean, it all depends, you know, was it natural or unnatural? It’s one of those, Celtic will feel they should have been given a penalty, Ross County will be over the moon that wasn’t given, then that’d be the same for the fans of both sides. So I don’t think there have been any complaints had it been given.”
