Dundee United score late in 1-1 draw with FalkirkKilmarnock secure first point after Aberdeen stalemateRangers striker Ryan Naderi accepted a gift to score the only goal against Motherwell at Ibrox, but they fear their captain Lawrence Shankland faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after a hamstring injury suffered early on in the game.Naderi, who came on for Shankland in the eighth minute, dispossessed Alex Paulsen as the Motherwell goalkeeper attempted to dribble the ball past him outside his box and the German had the simple task of rolling the ball into the net to score what proved to be a 12th-minute winner.This story will be updated Continue reading...
Oliver Glasner argued there was insufficient evidence to disallow Neco Williams’s goal against Tottenham, accusing the video assistant referee Peter Bankes of guessing that the Nottingham Forest defender handled and said ruling it out weakens the officials’ authority. Midway through the second half, Williams stooped to head in on the goalline as Sandro Tonali attempted to hook the ball clear after Morgan Gibbs-White’s deflected effort bobbled towards the net.Glasner conceded at least one angle showed Williams appeared to handle the ball, seemingly to protect himself as Tonali went to clear the ball with his left boot, but said the footage was too unclear to disallow the goal. “I don’t think VAR can intervene when he’s guessing,” said Forest’s head coach. “It was not clear and obvious. We had a briefing before the season that the threshold for VAR intervention should be very high and this is why it was a wrong intervention for me. Continue reading...
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