IT isn’t every day that a manager will fume at a referee for awarding his team a penalty kick, but then, it isn’t every day that it denies your…
Referee Kevin Clancy felt the ire of Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes following his decision to chalk off the home side's goal and award them a penalty instead.
The nicest thing to say about the quality in this game was that it was keenly contested, but just when you thought that flash points might be thin on the ground, referee Clancy waded in with his size 11s and his whistle. Still, it made for a rare frisson of excitement amid 45 minutes where the players were mainly bludgeoning the ball, and one another.In truth, Killie had huffed and puffed in this one, struggling to create opportunities as they were asked to go on the offensive without striker Kyle Vassell – absent for the birth of his child - after the rope-a-dope performances that saw off both halves of the Old Firm here.
The ref blew before the ball hit the net, but even still, had he taken a beat before reaching for his whistle then the whole rigmarole could have been avoided. But hey, where’s the fun in that? “We should be expecting the referee to let the phase of play continue as we are told at every meeting. That is why VAR is supposed to be there.
County should have doubled their lead as Jack Baldwin – apparently handed a licence to roam wherever he may please from centre-back – popped up in the Killie area and laid the ball on a plate for Jordan White.
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