Steven Naismith launches scathing Rangers penalty rant as Hearts boss claims John Beaton confessed to missing VAR angle
Raging Steven Naismith has declared Rangers should NOT have been an awarded a penalty in the closing stages of their Ibrox defeat.
And the Hearts boss declared that VAR had "failed" his side as he claimed referee John Beaton told him he was not shown an angle of a "block" in the build-up to the spot-kick. The Jambos appeared to be on the brink of a major victory in Govan with Lawrence Shankland's goal the difference with the full-time whistle fast approaching during the Scottish Premiership clash.
However, the game would be flipped on it's head when substitute Peter Haring appeared to pull Connor Goldson's shirt - and after a VAR check whistler Beaton was sent to the monitor to review the incident and pointed to the spot. James Tavernier would convert Rangers second penalty of the afternoon - having hit the post with his first-half effort - before Danilo netted an injury-time winner for Philippe Clement's men.
And Naismith was left fuming at the full-time whistle, telling BBC Sportsound: "The penalty is a defining moment in the game. It's not a penalty.
"If VAR is here to stop things happening; throughout the whole game we highlighted that there was clear blocking going on in the box, where the players are not interested in the ball, they are looking at our players, which I was then told 'if that happens and they score from it, it would then be brought back as a foul.' Then the penalty they get, the initial contact is made by a player blocking our player, which VAR should then go and look at.
"I spoke to the referee after it and he said he wasn't shown any images where there was a block. So I don't know if there has been a miscommunication or what the process is, but ultimately it has failed us today."
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