Celtic: Brendan Rodgers could miss Old Firm after Scottish FA charge for outburst at officials following Hearts loss

Brendan Rodgers could miss Celtic's Old Firm clash with Rangers after being charged by the Scottish FA for his criticism of the officials following their 2-0 defeat at Hearts on Sunday.

The Hoops boss described referee Don Robertson and VAR John Beaton as "really, really poor" and hit out at "absolutely shocking decision-making", before adding the officiating "cost us" as he questioned several incidents at Tynecastle Park.

He is accused of breaching rule 72, which stipulates that managers - as well as other players and staff - cannot "indicate bias or incompetence" regarding match officials during interviews.

A hearing will take place on March 28 and a two-game ban would see him miss the trips to Livingston (March 31) and Rangers (April 7), both live on Sky Sports. However, the panel do have options to clear him or partially clear him of the charge.

Celtic were awarded a penalty after Alex Cochrane's barge on Hyun-Jun Yang, then, minutes after Adam Idah's spot-kick was saved, Yang was shown a red card following a VAR check for a high boot on Cochrane.

That sending-off angered Rodgers and was the subject of an unsuccessful appeal by Celtic, while Rodgers also said it was "absolutely shocking" that Hearts were awarded a penalty for Tomoki Iwata's handball after referee Don Robertson went for a second look at the VAR monitor.

Speaking to Sky Sports following the defeat at Tynecastle Park, Rodgers said:

"I never like to comment on officials but that cost us today. The officiating from on-field to John Beaton being on VAR, was really poor.

"I look at the first incident [red card] and if you put a still on that it looks dangerous, but that's not the reality of the move.

"There's no force there, the ball's popped up. It's a booking.