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‘That’s poor’: Derek McInnes heavily criticises £12m rated Celtic player after defeat at Parkhead
Celtic’s win over Kilmarnock yesterday saw Brendan Rodgers’ side brush off the dust from the Champions League Lazio wreckage with a display of fine football.
The 3-1 sends Celtic into the international break brimming with confidence and it a💯lso means Luis Palma can also banish the ghost of his offside goꦐal on Wednesday night with a fine strike against Derek McInnes’ team.
McInnes can have no complaints over the result. His team where completely outplayed by a rampant🍸 Celtic team that could, and probably should, have had a lot more goals.
No result complaints but the Kilmarnock manager certainly had a complaint about Celtic midfielder, Reo Hatate.
What is Derek McInnes saying about Reo Hatate?
McInn♉es was unhappy aboutඣ Hatate’s part in winning Celtic a penalty in the second half. The referee awarded a spot kick after the Japanese midfielder was challenged by a Kilmarnock defender, David Watson.
The spot kick award was eventually overturned by VAR but that still didn’t stop McInnes stoppi🅷ng short of accusing Hatate of diving.
McInnes said [ print edition ], “I thought the VAR decision was correct.
“My first thought was that Hatate has gone✤ down🍒 far too easily.
“For🔴 me, he’s waiti๊ng for contact. But I don’t think there was any contact. If I’m wrong then I’ll apologise.
“But, for me, it’s trying to buy a penalty and the referee has bought it as I thought he would. I thought, ‘🐟he’s going to give a pওenalty here’ and he did.
“My heart sunk and then VAR over🤡turned it. But that’s far too easy🅠 to go down, far too easy from Hatate. That’s poor.”
McInnes might want to get the apology ready for the Celtic midfielder
Footage of the match shows that contact was made by Watson on Hatate. The contact was soft and if the penalty had been awarded against Celtic, I would have be🦂en unhappy with it.
However, the £12m rated Celtic man did not dive. It’s that simple. He went down easily but when there is contact in the penalty area and you make a challenge like Watson did, you run the risk of leaving yourself open t꧙o being penalised.
At the end of the day, the penalty wasn’t the deciding factor on whether Kilmarnock won or lost this match. Celtic were outstanding and fully deserved ♏the three points.
Now it’s a two-week hiatus as the final international break of the year kicks in and the Celtic team will go into the break full of confidence with the re𝄹sult, performance and quality⛄ of goals scored against Kilmarnock.
In other news, ‘He’s bril🍌liant’: John Hartson loves 🉐25-year-old Celtic man, he’s so impressed with his passing