Nedim Bajrami netted from the spot with just seconds remaining in the game at Tannadice
Neil McCann reckons that Rangers were fortunate that referee David Dickinson awarded a last gasp penalty against Dundee United. The former Ibrox star reckons VAR would not have stepped in to correct the man in the middle.
Amar Fatah’s strike had United within eight seconds of victory before Max Aarons tumbled in the box after a challenge by Will Ferry. Whistler Dickinson would point to the penalty spot and Don Robertson in the VAR room opted against giving the whistler the chance to review the incident on the pitchside monitor.
That allowed Nedim Bajrami to step up and net a late leveller from 12 yards and rescue a point for the struggling Light Blues. Following the full-time whistle, Tannadice gaffer Goodwin felt the incident was a “coming together” as he played down the contract.
Speaking to BBC Sportscene, former Dundee United man Scott Allan admitted he could see why the man in the middle awarded the spot kick. He said: “If it’s the other end, you are screaming for it.
“Will Ferry doesn’t see Max Aarons coming on the blind side, and once you give the referee the decision it’s very hard to get overturned. But that was the question I was going to ask Neil – if he doesn’t point, do you think VAR looks at it?”
McCann would question if there was even contact with Aarons from Ferry – as as he stated the off-field team would not have awarded it had Dickinson not made the on-field call: “I think if David Dickinson turns away and says it’s a coming together like Jim Goodwin suggested, I don’t think they would overturn it.
“I don’t think there is a massive amount of contact. I have looked at it so many times, whether he clips his boot or he doesn’t; I’m not quite sure.”
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