VAR verdict drops after 'Bizarre' Rangers incident spotted again

Keith Hackett insists VAR made no mistake despite rechecking a Rangers incident after clearing it on-field against St Mirren.

The Bears crashed to a 2-1 defeat in Paisley on 26 December, with Danilo scoring before VAR got involved twice, either side of a substitution being made by the home side.

Michael Stewart called it "Bizarre" on Premier Sports, but Hackett admits as long as the game didn't restart, the officials were not in the wrong.

Speaking exclusively to Ibrox News, the ex-FIFA referee shared his verdict after the incident was questioned on the broadcast.

"The important aspect here is that the game was not restarted so the VAR can check and liaise with the referee and if need be can go to the screen to review an incident," he said.

"The substitution taking place is not the restart.

Rangers in VAR drama again?

"So the hypothetical here is that if a red card incident had taken place and the substitution, the game not having restarted the referee could issue a red card."

VAR was the least of Clement's worries in Paisley, with the Rangers of old emerging again and leaving him seething in the dressing room.

Danilo not starting with Nico Raskin on the bench was questionable and it proved that way when they were unleashed in the second half.

Clement and his side cannot rely on technology, as it has let them down before, but it was they who made that critical error in their slack performance again.

In other Rangers news, the Bears have been hit by another huge concern after injury developments.

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