Ange Postecoglou fired a cheeky VAR response as he reacted to Celtic's victory over St Mirren this afternoon.
Mark O’Hara gave the home side a sixth-minute lead from the penalty spot but St Mirren’s hopes of repeating their September victory over the champions were undone by Charles Dunne’s professional foul and 38th-minute red card.
Goals from Jota and Alistair Johnston turned the game on its head and substitutes Liel Abada, Matt O’Riley and Oh Hyeon-gyu all scored as Celtic triumphed 5-1 and restored their nine-point lead over Rangers at the top of the cinch Premiership.
St Mirren's opening goal from the penalty spot caused controversy as Greg Taylor was penalised handling the ball.
On the call, Postecoglou said: "Look, I don't know and VAR doesn't miss anything by the looks of it - especially with us."
Asked if the decision was harsh on on Greg Taylor, he continued: "You’d have to ask Greg, mate, if it’s harsh on him. But is it harsh on us? VAR doesn't miss anything and didn't miss anything today. "
On the match itself, Postecoglou added: "Yeah, look a good little challenge for us. Obviously it's a difficult place to come to and we had to be really disciplined today – even after they went a man down - just to make sure we played our football, I thought it was fantastic input by the people that came on as well, which really out pressure on and, yeah, a good win.
"It was one of those games. The red card doesn't really change their approach too much. They’re still going to sit deep, they’re still going to have bodies in the box and you can get a little bit anxious about it but I thought we stayed calm and looked for the best options. I thought Liel [Abada] made a big difference when he came on and we ended up scoring five goals but probably could've got a couple more.
"They got a couple of balls in the box and I thought we created a couple of really good opportunities. Their keeper made a couple of good saves, couple of other times we could’ve hit the target but when you go a goal down, particularly from a penalty decision, you’ve just got to maintain your composure.
"I thought we did that. Kyogo [Furuhashi] - his goals get the headlines but it’s his ability to press the opposition and keep them on notice all the time.
"He gets a player sent off because he’s just constantly not giving him a moment’s peace. We’ve got to just keep relying on those things that are the cornerstone of our football – not just what we do when we have the ball but what we do when we don’t."
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