Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths claims referee Bobby Madden asked him if Rangers defender Clint Hill got a touch on the ball after ignoring a Hoops penalty appeal in the 1-1 draw at Parkhead
Hill had sensationally levelled in the 88th minute of the Ladbrokes Premiership clash after midfielder Stuart Armstrong had fired the home side ahead before the break.
In added time, as the runaway league leaders drove forward for the winner, the 38-year-old full-back challenged Griffiths in the penalty area as the striker tried to get a shot away and although the Hoops substitute went down, Madden took no action.
Griffiths said: "It was a penalty. He has not touched the ball and the referee is asking me afterwards if he touched the ball.
"If he has not touched the ball he has got to give a penalty or book me for diving.
"I am going to put the ball in the back of the net.
"He has caught me at waist height, he has not touched the ball. It is a decision that cost us the three points.
"Bobby Madden is the only one in the stadium who doesn't think it is a penalty but it is over now, we can't dwell on it. It is another point towards the title."
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers claimed Hill told him on the pitch after the game that he should have been penalised.
The Northern Irishman said: "It was very frustrating, especially when Clint Hill tells me that he got away with it.
"Clint is a good guy, honest fella, and I know when he said it he knows he got away with one.
"We obviously should have had a penalty right at the death, it was a clear-cut penalty.
"But probably everyone saw it apart from the referee.
"You are always disappointed if you lose it late on in the manner like that.
"But I am proud of the team today. It was a tough game.
"I felt it was maybe a matter of time before we got that second goal but at 1-0 there is always that little moment that can happen."
Asked if he had been lucky, Hill said: "Maybe. It could have gone either way and obviously at their place nine times out of 10 he might give it.
"It was a last-ditch attempt to try to get the ball. I don't know if I got it or not but we deserved a bit of luck over the course of the game."
With new boss Pedro Caixinha watching from the stand before he commences work at Ibrox on Monday, Hill knocked in from close range after Hoops goalkeeper Craig Gordon had parried an Emerson Hyndman drive.
He said: "To play in such a big game like the Old Firm is an achievement in itself but obviously to score such an important goal would be one of the highlights of my long career."
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