He said he was going to just have a word with the two players then VAR intervened and said it was violent conduct. You can't, in an attempt to break away, you can't thrust down in the manner in which he did." And Celtic captain Callum McGregor commented: "To win a title you need a lot of things to fall for you, you need good decisions. "To send him off for that, we may as well all go up the road and stop playing football if that's going to be a red card every single week." That's violent conduct and a clear and obvious red."

Source: BBC February 24, 2026 00:02 UTC